When the mental scale that people use to judge the pleasantness-unpleasantness of their experiences shifts so that their neutral point, or baseline, for comparison changes, ____ is said to have occurred
a. subjective reality
b. hedonic adaptation
c. subjective well-being
d. homeostasis
B
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a. longitudinal studies. b. twin studies. c. family studies. d. first degree studies.
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a. Rogers v. Okin (1979) b. United States v. Hinckley (1982) c. Wyatt v. Stickney (1972) d. Tarasoff v. Board of Regents of the University of California (1976)
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