You Get a Phone Call Around Lunchtime And, Expecting the Caller

question 99

Multiple Choice

You get a phone call around lunchtime and, expecting the caller to be your husband, you answer "Hi, honey"-but instead it is your boss calling. The strange thing is that even though it wasn't your husband, for a brief moment you thought it was because you expected it to be! This is an example of ________.

• A) perceptual adaptation
• B) extrasensory perception
• C) perceptual set
• D) subliminal perception

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Definitions:

Recombinant DNA

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