Describe how sound waves become nerve impulses as they enter the ear. How are the important characteristics of sound coded?
What will be an ideal response?
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a. they have activated the fight-or-flight syndrome b. they have put her in a bad mood c. they have triggered reaction formation d. they have triggered displaced aggression
Which statement is TRUE regarding the retina??
a. ?Light passes through other layers of transparent cells before reaching rods and cones on the back side of the retina where processing begins. b. ?The retina consists only of rods and cones. c. ?Light hits and is absorbed by the first layer of cells called bipolar, and then the information is passed through other cells on the way to the rods and cones. d. ?The retina consists of rods and cones, the basilar membrane, the sclera, and borderline cells.
In Rogers' opinion, satellite relationships can work if marriage partners:
a. accept them on an intellectual and emotional level b. devalue their marriage c. do not inform each other of their extra-marital relationships d. accept them on a abstract and theoretical level
Calisto cannot remember the specific events of several of his battles during the Iraqi war. Calisto is engaging in which defense mechanism?
a. ?rationalization b. ?regression c. ?reaction formation d. ?repression