You are reading the chapter on sensation and perception. You look away from this book, casting your gaze somewhere else in the room. Seemingly in an instant, your eyes come to rest upon some other aspect of your room, such as a lamp or your bed. Which of the following would best allow us to understand how this unconscious process occurs?
A)introspection
B)psychoanalysis
C)parapsychology
D)psychophysics

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Psychophysics is the branch of psychology that studies the relationships between physical stimuli and the sensations and perceptions they produce. This field is most relevant to understanding how we perceive changes in our environment, such as quickly shifting our gaze from one object to another, as it involves the physical properties of stimuli and our sensory response to them.

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