In What Sense Do We Say We Are Looking Back

question 93

Multiple Choice

In what sense do we say we are looking back in time when we are looking at the stars?

• A)We see stars as they once were when their light reaches us.
• B)Because space curves, we are actually looking at the past when we look in the night sky.
• C)Because stars are emitting immense radiation, we are seeing processes that have already happened.
• D)Because Earth's atmosphere bends and distorts their light.

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Definitions:

Primary Stimulus

The main or initial stimulus that elicits a response in a reflex or conditioning experiment.

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Unconditioned Responses

Automatic, innate reactions to a stimulus that occur without prior conditioning or learning.

Conditioned Stimuli

Previously neutral stimuli that, after association with an unconditioned stimulus, elicit a conditioned response in classical conditioning.