Rosemarie wore a pink dress to a school dance. She could clearly tell that her dress was pink when she was outside taking pictures and when she was in the dim lights of the dance floor. What allowed her to be able to do this?
What will be an ideal response?
Rosemarie was able to tell her dress was pink in both bright and dim light due to color constancy. Color constancy describes the fact that an object's colors do not appear to change much even as the light falling on that object changes.
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A. imagery and perception are two different phenomena. B. imagery and perception can interact with one another. C. there are large individual differences in people's ability to create visual images. D. creating a visual image can interfere with a perceptual judgment task.
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a) coronary heart disease b) cancer c) strokes d) diabetes
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a) halo effect. b) reciprocity hypothesis. c) actor-observer effect. d) matching hypothesis.
Which of the following abilities would Robert Sternberg view as being especially important?
a. the ability to solve complex mathematical problems correctly b. the ability to solve complex mathematical problems quickly c. the ability to read quickly d. the ability to deal effectively with the practical problems in everyday life