______________ is the technical term for the parasomnia in which a person talks in his/her sleep

When Harold first enters his swimming pool, the water feels uncomfortably cold. Five minutes later, it feels comfortable to Harold. This is an example of

a. convergence. b. sensory adaptation. c. selective attention. d. accommodation. e. just-noticeable difference.

When her older sister died, Cokie Roberts (see Personal Insights 14.4) wrote that

a. she would have preferred that her brother had died b. she had been robbed of some part of her future c. she would continue to be able to talk about new events with her sister d. she was now experiencing intellectually what she had previously only grasped emotionally e. she still had her past and had not been deprived of that

Rick notices that his voice has been getting deeper and hair is growing on his chest. Which endocrine gland produces hormones that are responsible for these changes?

a) gonads b) adrenal c) pancreas d) pituitary

What is the term for the reflex that disappears around 8–12 months, and occurs when an infant fans out its toes in response to a stroke on the outside of its foot?

a) Babinski b) Moro c) Startle d) Stepping