The opponent-process theory is to our sense of color as the gate-control theory is to our sense of ____________?
Correct answer: D. pain
- A. smell
- B. touch
- C. kinesthesia
- D. pain
Explanation
Opponent-process theory explains colour vision through opposing colour pairs, whereas gate-control theory explains how spinal mechanisms regulate pain signals reaching the brain. Therefore, the matching sense is pain.
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