Stephan Is a Surgeon

question 161

Multiple Choice

 Stephan is a surgeon.After 10 hours of looking into a surgical incision,he looks up at the white walls of the operating room and sees pinkish flashes of light.What is Stephan experiencing? 

• A)fatigue of his red cones
• B)fatigue of his green cones
• C)negative afterimage
• D)fatigue of afterimages

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Definitions:

Factitious Disorders

A mental disorder in which a person acts as if they have a physical or mental illness when they are not really sick, often done to gain attention or sympathy.

Psychological Stress

A form of stress experienced as a result of perceived pressures, conflicts, and demands that challenge an individual’s ability to cope, potentially affecting mental health.

Voluntary Control

The ability to consciously regulate one's own thoughts, feelings, or actions.

Conversion Disorder

A psychological condition in which emotional distress or unconscious conflict is expressed through physical symptoms without a medical cause.