When you are pinched by your significant other, neurons embedded in the skin sensitive to pressure fire and send a neural signal to the spinal cord and brain. The brain may interpret the same stimulation as annoying or stimulating, indicating the interpretative role of:
A) sensory adaptation.
B) sensation.
C) perception.
D) transduction.
C) perception.
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A juror is more likely to be chosen as foreperson if the juror is
a. seated in the middle of the table as opposed to at the head. b. of lower rather than higher occupational status. c. quiet during the initial stages of jury deliberation. d. the first to speak in the jury room.
Dementia typically affects which mental functions?
What will be an ideal response?
The second stage of long-term memory formation is:
A. storage. B. consolidation. C. retrieval. D. encoding.
Men who are widowed are more likely than women to form new relationships with people of the other gender because:
A) women, more so than men, make use of the web of kinship relations. B) men usually tend to outlive women. C) men may be more adept than women at various aspects of self-care. D) women tend to become less social than men as they age.