Walter Has Been Working at His Computer for the Past

question 277

Multiple Choice

Walter has been working at his computer for the past 2 hours and the hum that he found so annoying when he started no longer bothers him.The change in Walter's sensitivity to the noise from the computer illustrates the principle of:

• A)sensory adaptation
• B)perceptual invariance
• C)perceptual assimilation
• D)changing difference thresholds

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