By the End of the Twentieth Century, There Were More

question 11

Multiple Choice

By the end of the twentieth century, there were more

• A) practitioners of psychology than academic research psychologists
• B) natural and social science research psychologists than practitioners of psychology
• C) natural-science research psychologists than social-science practitioners of psychology
• D) academic research psychologists than psychologists licensed for the practice of psychology

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Definitions:

Perceptual Constancy

A psychological phenomenon in which the perception of an object remains unchanged despite variations in its presentation or viewing conditions such as lighting, angle, or distance.

Proximal Stimuli

The stimuli that directly interact with the senses, as opposed to distal stimuli which are objects and events in the environment that provide information for the proximal stimuli.

Distal Stimuli

Objects or events in the external world that provide the basis for the perception of our immediate environment, as opposed to the sensory inputs that they generate.

Detectable Input

A level of stimulus that is sufficient to be noticed or detected by the sensory systems.