A Deer's Inability to Quickly Respond to the Headlights of an Approaching

question 382

Multiple Choice

A deer's inability to quickly respond to the headlights of an approaching car is due to what sensory phenomenon?

• A) dark adaptation
• B) light adaptation
• C) afterimage
• D) opponent-process theory

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Definitions:

Extreme Values

Data points that are significantly higher or lower than the majority of the data in a dataset.

Interquartile Range

A measure of variability, based on dividing a data set into quartiles, that describes the middle 50% of the distribution.

Data Set

An aggregation of interconnected data sets, which are made up of distinct pieces, yet can be operated on as a single entity by a computer.

Positively Skewed

Positively Skewed, also known as right-skewed, describes a distribution where the tail on the right side of the histogram is longer or fatter than the left side, indicating that the mean and median are greater than the mode.