You Stand at the Main Entrance to a Department Store

question 172

True/False

You stand at the main entrance to a department store and pick the first 20 customers that enter the store after it has opened its door for business on a single day. This is an example of a systematic sample.

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Definitions:

Sensory Adaptation

The process by which sensory receptors become less sensitive to constant stimuli over time, allowing organisms to focus on changes in their environment.

Conscious Awareness

The state of being aware of one's own existence, sensations, thoughts, surroundings, etc.

Light Rays

Streams of photons traveling in a straight line, which are the basis of vision and are instrumental in phenomena such as reflection and refraction.

Retina

A light-sensitive layer at the back of the eye that converts light into neural signals which are sent to the brain.