If a Student Asks You Why We Can See Colors

question 92

Multiple Choice

If a student asks you why we can see colors and you want to provide an answer based on the opponent-process theory of color vision, you tell the student it is because there are ________ different types of cone receptors.

• A) two
• B) three
• C) four
• D) five

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Definitions:

Complex

Consisting of many different and connected parts.

Simple

Easily understood or done; presenting no difficulty, or in logic, referring to an uncompounded statement or idea.

Implausible

Something that appears unlikely or difficult to believe based on available evidence or common sense.

Explanation

A statement or account that makes something clear by describing the relevant facts, reasons, or processes underlying a particular phenomenon or event.