Thistle Notices That a Snack Bag of Cashews Seems Lighter

question 142

Multiple Choice

Thistle notices that a snack bag of cashews seems lighter than usual and so she checks the label and finds that it is lighter by 15 grams. She decides to buy a larger bag instead and doesn't notice that the larger bag also is lighter by 15 grams. Thistle's behaviour illustrates the fact that:

• A) fundamental perceptual skills, such as perception of weight, are inborn.
• B) subliminal messages regarding an object can influence behaviour.
• C) the larger a weight is, the greater the change must be before one can detect a difference.
• D) specific aspects of the world are detected by feature-detector cells.

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