In perceiving the "real" object in the environment, what we wish to perceive is the ________ stimulus, whereas the stimulus from which we must derive our information is the ________ stimulus

a. distal; proximal
b. proximal; distal
c. distal; differential
d. proximal; differential

Answer: a. distal; proximal

Psychology

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