The process by which unchanging information from the senses of taste, touch, smell, and vision is "ignored" by the sensory receptor cells themselves is called __________
a) transformation.
b) sensory adaptation.
c) transmutation.
d) transduction.
b
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a. gets stressed out a lot c. will burn out in the near future b. is happy and active d. does not have a good sense of reality
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a. stimuli and responses b. personal strengths and virtues c. pharmacological treatment d. Freudian therapeutic practices
Which of the following situations is most likely to create a flashbulb memory?
A) Watching a favorite movie for the fifteenth time B) Playing tennis with a friend C) Finding out that one or one's partner is pregnant D) Attending a basketball game with one's father and grandfather Incorrect. Although this may be an emotionally impactful event, it is not the best answer to this question.
How manychromosomes does a normal person have?
A) about 100,000 B) 46 C) 23 D) 2