What are Mach bands?
a. Blank spaces in perception resulting from incomplete sensory processing
b. An auditory sensation causing apparent changes in the pitch of what is objectively a constant pitch
c. Artifacts created in a visual stimulus when an abrupt change in color or brightness creates illusory light or dark lines next to each band
d. an innate method for processing auditory stimuli
C
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A. This sense allows your body to calculate its position in relationship to the sun. B. This sense has to do with touch pressure, temperature, and pain. C. This sense prevents movement and alterations to body position. D. This sense tracks the position and orientation of your body parts.
Parental bickering or severe fighting in front of the children is linked in research studies to
a. no behavior problems in children. b. the same kinds of problems that children experience when their parents get separated or divorced. c. behavior problems in girls, but not in boys. d. a decrease in child biological "alarm reactions.".
One hallmark of adolescence is that risky decisions are more likely occur in the presence of one’s ______.
a. teachers b. peers c. parents d. siblings
Which statement regarding Alzheimer's disease is correct?
A. Amyloid plaques and neurofibrillary tangles are unique to Alzheimer's disease. B. Amyloid plaques are dying neurons that contain intracellular accumulations of tau protein. C. Acetylcholinergic neurons in the basal forebrain are among the first cells to be affected in Alzheimer's disease. D. Neurofibrillary tangles are extracellular deposits that consist of a dense core surrounded by degenerating axons and dendrites.