Which of these illustrates the Ebbinghaus illusion?
a) a point of light in a pitch dark room appears to move
b) the length of a line will depend on the arrows at the end points
c) parallel lines with short crossing lines do not seem to be parallel
d) circles of equal size seem different sizes depending on the size of circles that surround them
ANS: d
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Indicate whether this statement is true or false.
Which of the following is an example of classical conditioning?
a. A child learns to blink her eyes to a bell because the ringing of the bell has been followed by a puff of air to the eye. b. A pigeon learns to peck at a disk in a Skinner box to get food. c. Rich saw that when Donna banged her fist against a particular vending machine, she got a free soft drink, so now he bangs his fist against that machine when he wants a free soft drink. d. A monkey learns to escape from a cage.