Hannah is looking at a pencil lying on the desk. The __________________ is the distal stimulus while the __________________ is the proximal stimulus.
A) pencil; light reflected from the pencil and projected onto the retina
B) pencil; desk
C) desk; pencil
D) light reflected from the pencil and projected onto the retina; Pencil

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The distal stimulus is the object itself (pencil) while the proximal stimulus is the light reflected from the object and projected onto the retina.

Hannah Is Looking at a Pencil Lying on the Desk