After a musical concert that you enjoyed without distraction, a companion complains that she heard little of the music due to frequent shuffling and throat-clearing in the audience. The difference in your experience and hers is related to
a. just noticeable differences.
b. subliminal thresholds.
c. sensory adaptation.
d. selective attention.
D
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The process which occurs whenever a neuron's electrical potential becomes less negative is called:
a. hyperpolarization b. synaptic transmission c. ionic stabilization d. depolarization
Regarding STDs and safer sex, choice, risk, and responsibility, which of the following statements is FALSE?
a. In general, most adults favor greater freedom of choice for themselves. b. When it comes to sex, greater choice is accompanied by greater risk. c. Today younger people are exploring their sexual identities in an era of more casual sex. d. Most sexually active people overestimate their risk of contracting chlamydia and gonorrhea.
You are director of a mental health agency that is having problems: many of your clients with mental disorders relapse quickly after they leave the hospital to live individually in the community. You are visited in a dream by the spirit of George Fairweather, who tells you about his work with the Community Lodge. Which statement below is most likely Fairweather's?
a. Persons with mental disorders need 24-hour supervision by mental health professionals. b. Persons with mental disorders can live together in the community and govern themselves. c. Your clients need more medication. d. Develop crisis intervention services, as we did after the Coconut Grove fire.
Cognitive development in the ____ stage involves changing from reflex behavior to intentional action and the attainment of object permanence
a. sensorimotor b. pre-operations c. concrete operations d. formal operations