A Subject Is Asked to Locate a Horizontal Line in an Array

question 83

Multiple Choice

A subject is asked to locate a horizontal line in an array of vertical lines. Which of the following statements is true?

• A) The more vertical lines there are in the array, the longer it will take the subject to locate the one horizontal line.
• B) The time it takes to locate the horizontal line will not vary as a function of the number of vertical lines in the array.
• C) The more similar the vertical and horizontal lines are in color, the longer it will take the subject to locate the one horizontal line.
• D) The darker in color the vertical lines are, the longer it will take the subject to locate the one horizontal line.

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