Bright Overhead Lights Are Suddenly Turned Off

question 90

Multiple Choice

Bright overhead lights are suddenly turned off.At first the room is extremely dark,but gradually you are able to see the edges of objects in the room.These adjustments to illumination occur because of

• A) light adaptation.
• B) dark adaptation.
• C) opponent-process theory.
• D) wavelength blindness.

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