Your Professor Has Just Called You a Trichromat

question 129

Multiple Choice

Your professor has just called you a trichromat. What does this mean?

• A)You can only perceive three colors.
• B)You have normal color vision.
• C)You have damaged cones in your retina.
• D)You have damaged rods in your retina.

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Definitions:

Confirmation Bias

The tendency to interpret, favor, and recall information in a way that confirms one's preexisting beliefs or hypotheses.

Stereotype

A common yet rigid and overly simplistic representation or belief about a certain group or object, usually formed from insufficient information.

Fundamental Attribution Error

A common bias in social psychology where people tend to overemphasize personality traits and underestimate situational factors when explaining others' behaviors.

Confirmation Bias

The habit of scouting for, construing, preferring, and recalling insights in a manner that upholds one's antecedent beliefs or guesses.