Inspector Holmes and his trusty assistant, Watson, are snooping around a dark, deserted house in London. Watson suddenly screams, "Holmes! I thought I just saw a flicker of light!" Holmes turns to him and says, "No, my dear boy. You must have been interpreting a random firing of sensory neurons as a stimulus." Holmes was describing
A. absolute threshold.
B. just-noticeable difference.
C. internal noise.
D. Weber's law.
Answer: C
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A. artificial insemination B. embryonic implant C. fertilization D. zygote intrafallopian transfer
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a. ataxia. b. apraxia. c. atonia. d. anoxia.
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Fill in the blank(s) with correct word
In a linear relationship, as the X scores increase, the Y scores change
a. in only one direction. b. only in the negative direction. c. only in the positive direction. d. in the positive and then in the negative direction.