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  1. Introduction
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  2. Research Methods in Psychology
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  3. Evolution and Genes
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  4. Neurons, Hormones, and the Brain
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  5. Development
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  6. Sensation and Perception
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    The Senses
     
     
     
    Vision
     
     
     
    Hearing
     
     
     
    Taste and Smell
     
     
     
    Position, Movement, and Balance
     
     
     
    Touch
     
     
     
    Summary
     
     
     
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  7. States of Consciousness
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  8. Learning and Conditioning
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  9. Memory
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  10. Language and Cognition
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  11. Intelligence
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  12. Emotion
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  13. Motivation
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  14. Personality
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  15. Stress, Coping, and Health
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  16. Psychological Disorders
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  17. Psychological Treatment
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  18. Social Psychology
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  19. Psychology Glossary
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  20. Psychology Major Figures
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If Alice lives near a cattle plant, she probably doesn’t notice the neighborhood smell that visitors to her house complain about. What idea explains this phenomenon?
 
 
What is a monocular cue that helps to determine the distance of a distant object?
 
 
What is a cue requiring the use of both eyes that helps to estimate the distance of a nearby object?
 
 
What does perceptual constancy enable people to recognize?
 
 
What does perceptual set do?
 
 
What does the pitch of a sound depend on?
 
 
What theory explains how people discriminate high-pitched sounds with a frequency greater than 5000 Hz?
 
 
Touch receptors are stimulated by which of the following?
 
 
The semicircular canals are involved in which sense?
 
 
What are feature detectors?
 
 

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