It wasn't until Clara heard some of her classmates laughing loudly during history class that she began to perceive the professor's ongoing lecture to be very funny.This provides an illustration of
A) Weber's law.
B) sensory adaptation.
C) context effects.
D) subliminal messaging.

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The laughter of her classmates provides a context effect in which it changes Clara's interpretation of the lecture, perceiving it as funny rather than dry or uninteresting.

It Wasn't Until Clara Heard Some of Her Classmates Laughing