Max returns to his dorm room late at night to find his roommate throwing up. The smell is at first so bad that Max wants to vomit too, but after helping his roommate clean up, the odor seems to fade. Max has experienced

A. a hallucination.
B. damage to his sensory receptors.
C. sensory adaptation.
D. a response to the decreasing concentration of odorant molecules in the room.


Answer: C

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