AP PSYCHOLOGY

STATES OF CONSCIOUSNESS

DREAMS

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
The fact that you can “feel” when a certain amount of time has gone by and you happen to be correct, means your ____ is/are working correctly.
A
interval timing clock
B
melatonin
C
food entrainable clock
D
circadian rhythms
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -The amount of time between two given times is known as time interval. In other words, it is the amount of time that has passed between the beginning and end of the event. It is also known as elapsed time.

Detailed explanation-2: -The study of time perception or chronoception is a field within psychology, cognitive linguistics and neuroscience that refers to the subjective experience, or sense, of time, which is measured by someone’s own perception of the duration of the indefinite and unfolding of events.

Detailed explanation-3: -Time Interval The elapsed time between two events. In time and frequency metrology, time interval is usually measured in small fractions of a second, such as milliseconds, microseconds, or nanoseconds. Coarse time interval measurements can be made with a stop watch.

Detailed explanation-4: -A time interval is the amount of time between two given points in time. An example of this is: “The time interval between three o’clock and four o’clock is one hour."

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