Which of the following is an example of the cocktail-party phenomenon?
a. The ability to attend selectively to a particular conversation at a party
b. The inability to attend selectively to a particular conversation because of all the
conversations going on around you at a party
c. The ability to attend to all of the conversations at a party
d. The ability to appear to carry on two conversations at once while at a party
e. When, after the party, several people report having had the same conversation
a. The ability to attend selectively to a particular conversation at a party
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A. drug disposition tolerance. B. behavioral tolerance. C. an active metabolite. D. a prodrug.
You are seated at a small table talking to a friend opposite you who is drinking coffee. As she lifts the cup off the saucer and raises it to her mouth, the image made on your retina by the bottom of the cup actually changes shape,
but you still "see" it as round due to: a. good continuation. b. movement parallax. c. perceptual constancy. d. proximity.