Tonya's psychology teacher played some backwards music to the class, and they were not able to make out any words or phrases in the selection. When the teacher told them to listen for the words "The rat ate the cat" when she played it again, most of the class now heard the words. Which principle explains this experience? a. A context effect. b. R?rceptuaJ set. c. Extrasensory perception d. Selective attention e. Weber's Jaw

Tyshane went swimming with friends who did not want to get into the pool because the water felt cold. Tyshane jumped in and after a few minutes declared, “It was cold when I first got in, but now my body is used to it. Come on in!” Tyshane’s body became accustomed to the water due to a. perceptual set. b. absolute threshold. c. difference threshold. d. selective attention. e. sensory adaptation.

Bryanna and Charles are in a dancing competition. It is easy for spectators to see them against the dance floor because of a. the visual cliff. b. the phi phenomenon. c. color constancy. d. sensory restriction. e. figure-ground relationships.

Which of the following structures helps you most in detecting the color of your friend's shirt? a. Rods. b. Cones. c. Fovea. d. Lens. e. Cornea.

Kimberly tells her brother to put on a suit on a warm summer day. Kimberly’s brother knows to put on a swimsuit instead of a business suit because of a. context. b. ESP. c. precognition. d. bottom-up processing. e. clairvoyance.

Which of the following statements is best explained by research on depth perception using the visual cliff? a. Binocular depth cues develop before monocular depth cues. b. Monocular depth cues develop before binocular depth cues. c. Human infants are born with an innate sense of depth. d. Human infants must learn to perceive depth. e. Humans do not develop the perception of depth until 24 months of age.