The Ability to See Many Different Color Variations Results From

question 21

Multiple Choice

The ability to see many different color variations results from:

• A) stimulation of combinations of the three types of rods.
• B) stimulation of combinations of the three types of cones.
• C) retinal detachment.
• D) the sensitivity of rods to photons of light.
• E) the different varieties of retinal in each cone type.

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Definitions:

Oedipus Complex

A psychoanalytic theory proposed by Freud, suggesting an unconscious desire of a child, particularly a male, to possess the parent of the opposite sex and the exclusion of the same-sex parent.

Electra Complex

A psychoanalytic term referring to a girl's psychosexual competition with her mother for possession of her father.

Phallic Stage

A phase in Freudian psychosexual development during which a child's focus of libido is concentrated in the genital area.

Defense Mechanisms

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