When you first get into the swimming pool, the water feels rather cool, but after swimming for awhile, the water feels fine. A friend asks you how the water is, and you tell her the "water's great.". She jumps in and then accuses you of lying because the water is freezing. You really were not lying. It is just that you experienced
a. sensory gating.
b. sensory adaptation.
c. sensory conflict.
d. selective attention.
B
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a. emotional intelligence (EQ) b. affect balance c. positive emotion index (PEI) d. life satisfaction
Jill is constantly worried that she will get sick. Although she feels fine now and believes that she is healthy, she still worries endlessly about developing a serious illness. Most likely Jill would be diagnosed with a. Generalized anxiety disorder. b. Illness anxiety disorder
c. a specific phobia of germs. d. Body dysmorphic disorder.
The practice of physiognomy, as well as that of phrenology,
have been summarily discredited by modern scientific research. As it turns out, the bumps on a person's head and one's facial characteristics give virtually no information about their personality characteristics. This is an important reminder of the importance of the critical thinking principle of A) falsifiability. B) correlation versus causation. C) extraordinary claims. D) ruling out rival hypotheses.
The response of the magnocellular system to movement is most evident when we perceive visual information coming in from our ______.
A. retinal fovea B. blind spot C. retinal periphery D. optic chiasm