After living all his life in a town that pumps its water from relatively pure underground wells, John moves to a city that gets its water from a local river and must add chlorine to purify it. He totally dislikes the taste of the city water
His friends, who are long-time city residents, cannot understand his problem because they have experienced ________.
a. sensory adaptation
b. sensory inhibition
c. sensory illusion
d. a reaction formation
Answer: a
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One of the most probable causes of female orgasmic disorder is
a. lack of interest in sexual activity. b. a medical condition. c. difficulty in overcoming inhibitions. d. a reaction to medication.
According to Kant, the experiences of space and time:
a. provide the context for all dialectic processes. b. are produced by psychic mechanisms. c. result from sensations acted on by the laws of association. d. provide the context for all mental phenomena and are produced by innate categories of thought.
In her story in Chapter 11, Virginia Ramirez became involved in citizen participation initially because of ____ , and later led efforts to ____
a. her background in a family of political leaders; obtain city funding for her neighborhood b. the death of her neighbor; create better jobs and promote job training c. her leadership experience at work; unionize workers at her workplace d. her background in a family of political leaders; create better jobs for her community
Why did Craik and Lockhart question the distinction between Short-Term Memory and Long-Term Memory?
a. The capacity of STM can be increased if the items are meaningfully related words. b. There is evidence that STM is not only phonemic, but also is sensitive to semantic and visual representations. c. Decay rates vary considerably depending on the nature of the information being learned. d. All of these