The text suggests that enhanced perceptual accuracy is LESS likely if we
a. rely only on our motivations and expectations.
b. voluntarily direct attention toward sensations that are normally tuned out.
c. engage in reality testing.
d. interrupt habituation and break perceptual sets.
ANSWER: a
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