Which statement is NOT a reason why sensory adaptation is a useful process?
A) An unchanging stimulus is less likely to require immediate action.
B) Constantly sensing stimuli that are always in our environment would be highly distracting.
C) Stimuli that change frequently usually are of no consequence and therefore not important to sense.
D) Sensory adaptation better allows our senses to selectively respond to important changes in stimulation.
C) Stimuli that change frequently usually are of no consequence and therefore not important to sense.
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Answer the following statement true (T) or false (F)
Which of the following is not true of sex differences and mortality rates?
a. Boys have higher mortality rates than girls in all cultures. b. Boys have higher mortality rates than girls at all ages. c. Boys have higher mortality rates than girls except prenatally d. When infant mortality rates in a country are greater for females than for males, selective femaleinfanticide must be considered as a plausible reason.
Who established the first psychological laboratory in 1879?
a. Sigmund Freud b. John Locke c. William James d. Wilhelm Wundt
In a recent fMRI study examining three different types of readers, adults who had trouble learning to read early in school
a) showed less activation in the areas of the brain linked to reading than adults who never had any trouble with reading. b) showed the same activation in the areas of the brain linked to reading as adults who never had any trouble with reading. c) showed more activation in the areas of the brain linked to reading than adults who never had any trouble with reading. d) showed no activation on the right side of the brain.