If you stare for 30 seconds at a red object and then look at a blank sheet of white paper, you will see a greenish image of the object. This phenomenon best supports the:
a. Young-Helmholtz opponent-process theory of color vision.
b. Young-Helmholtz trichromatic theory of color vision.
c. Hering opponent-process theory of color vision.
d. Hering trichromatic theory of color vision.
c
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The discussion about research on cognitive abilities (Chapter 5) emphasized that
a. gender differences tend to be consistent across different situations. b. frequency distributions typically show a large overlap between the scores of males and females. c. the size of the difference between the average score for males and the average score for females is typically larger than the size of the difference among all the scores for females. d. in general, differences within each gender for cognitive abilities are smaller than they are with social characteristics.
This person was born into a wealthy American family. He eventually received a medical degree and taught psychology at Harvard University.?
a. ?John Dewey b. ?James Angell c. ?Edward Bradford Titchener d. ?Herbert Spencer e. ?William James
Who first measured the speed of conduction in the nervous system?
A. Hermann von Helmholtz B. Rene Descartes C. Eduard Hitzig D. Paul Broca
Which of the following is NOT a reason it is difficult to obtain accurate measures of self-esteem?
a. People may not choose to disclose their actual self-esteem. b. It is difficult to separate cause from effect. c. Researchers tend to rely on self-reports from participants. d. Most individuals hold unrealistically negative views about themselves.