Jacob Has Been Working at His Computer for the Past

question 129

Multiple Choice

Jacob 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 Jacob's sensitivity to the noise from the computer illustrates the process known as

• A) perceptual invariance.
• B) perceptual assimilation.
• C) adjusting just noticeable differences.
• D) sensory adaptation.

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