After staring at a very intense red stimulus for a few minutes,Carrie shifted her gaze to a beige wall and "saw" the color ________. Carrie's experience provides support for the ________ theory.

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Carrie's experience is an example of the opponent-process theory, which suggests that our vision operates on an antagonistic basis for certain colors, such as red-green, blue-yellow, and black-white. After staring at a red stimulus, the red-green pathway would be temporarily fatigued, leading to a stronger response from the green side when looking at a neutral color, hence seeing green.

After Staring at a Very Intense Red Stimulus for a Few