Christy's new shoes are very tight, but the salesperson assured her the leather would stretch with wear. At first Christy winces in pain with every step, but by the time she gets to the bus stop, she hardly notices the pain her shoes cause. Fortunately, the feel of the tight shoes had faded from her awareness so she was able to focus on traffic and avoid the crazy bus driver who almost ran her down. This experience is an example of the ____________________ nature of our senses.
A. sensitive
B. adaptive
C. transductive
D. ecological
B. adaptive
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a. woman from a collectivist culture b. man from a collectivist culture c. woman from an individualistic culture d. man from an individualistic culture
A drug will prevent an action potential if it ____.
A. lowers the threshold of the membrane B. blocks the movement of potassium across the membrane C. blocks the movement of sodium across the membrane D. increases the movement of sodium across the membrane
What happens to the mean of a distribution if every score is divided by 10?
a. Its value is divided by 10 c. Its value is decreased 10 points. b. Its value is multiplied by 10 d. Its value is increased 10 points.
Your friend's mother is extremely intelligent. As a result, even though he usually does OK in school (2.8 GPA), he is convinced that he is a genius. What do you think?
a. Heritability estimates for intelligence are .50, so he is probably overestimating his intelligence. b. He is definitely correct; he is likely a genius. c. Actually, children of intellectually gifted adults are usually much lower in intelligence. d. With a 2.8 GPA, he must be correct.