Our perception of the brightness of a color is affected mainly by
a. the wavelength of light waves.
b. the amplitude of light waves.
c. the purity of light waves.
d. the saturation of light waves.
B
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Savanna is on a committee interviewing applicants for a position with her company. Over the four-hour time period, the committee interviews eight different applicants. Savanna remembers most of the comments made by the first two applications, but she finds it more difficult to remember specific comments made by any of the later applicants. Based on research into memory errors, you should conclude
that Savanna's memory difficulties best illustrate: a. the primacy effect b. motivated forgetting c. the recency effect d. the spacing effect
According to Elisabeth Kübler-Ross, near-death experiences
a. provide conclusive evidence of the existence of an afterlife b. beliefs in the afterlife are in principle restricted to the realm of faith c. cannot supply empirical evidence about an afterlife d. are artifacts of the unusual situations in which they occur e. survival after death is nonsensical
Which of the following is a factor for happiness that has shown married people report being happier than those who are single, divorced, or widowed?
a. Age b. Family c. Living conditions d. Money
When listening to your favorite television program, hearing the
various sounds of the actors' voices and the background sounds and music would be an example of perception, while interpreting the meaning of the actors' words is an example of the process of sensation. Indicate whether this statement is true or false