The concept of ________ explains why you "know" a door is rectangular even though your sensory image is distorted when you are not looking at it straight on

a. closure
b. the law of proximity
c. the placebo effect
d. perceptual constancy
e. olfaction


d. perceptual constancy

Psychology

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If you were to study top-down processing as it applies to smell, which of the following topics would be most relevant?

a. Whether people recognize a lemon fragrance more readily when they see a photo of a lemon than when they see a photo of a rose. b. Whether the chemical structure of lemon-fragrance molecules is substantially different from the chemical structure of rose-fragrance molecules. c. Whether the receptors in the nasal passages respond differently to lemon and rose fragrances. d. Whether the brain stores lemon and rose fragrances in different locations.

Psychology

The analogical paradox refers to problem-solving differences between

a. experts and novices. b. laboratory and real-world settings. c. experimental groups and control groups. d. well- and ill-defined problems.

Psychology

The study of links among behavior, stress, disease, and the immune system is called __________

Fill in the blank(s) with correct word

Psychology

Which Spanish physician was burned at the stake in 1553, in part, for publishing a book that attacked the Trinity?

a. John Calvin c. Michael Servetus b. Giordano Bruno d. Henry Lucas

Psychology