Using appropriate examples, show how perceptual experiences can be subjective
What will be an ideal response?
Good answers to this question should include ideas such as expectations can affect the perception of visual or auditory stimuli; pain perception can be altered by shifts in attentional focus; and extreme comparators and contrast effects can affect perception. Well-developed answers will bring in concepts from across the chapter, including the Personal Application and the Critical Thinking Application.
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a. what is most important to study. b. what can be hypothesized about. c. how many times an issue should be studied. d. how an issue should be studied.
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a. 2; 4 b. 2; 2 c. 2; 1 d. 1; 2
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c. fewer side effects. d. more economical imaging.
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a. identity diffusion people evaluate their parents most favorably b. foreclosures rate their parents most unfavorably c. foreclosures most strongly endorse parental authority and values d. identity diffusion people most strongly endorse parental values