Sensation is the process of _____ raw sensory data from the internal and external world and transmitting it to the brain.

A. receiving and converting
B. selecting and organizing
C. receiving and organizing
D. selecting, receiving, and organizing


Answer: A. receiving and converting

Psychology

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a. filter theory c. interference theory b. decay theory d. retrieval theory

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Differentiate among the receptors that have been identified as responding to pain stimuli

What will be an ideal response?

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Infants begin to make pre-language gurgling sounds in the form of __________ beginning at about 2 months of age

a) cooing b) babbling c) crying d) song

Psychology

Which of the following is true about the relationship between genes and stress responses?

A. There is no single gene that dictates how the body responds to stress. B. There is one uniform process involving stress, genes, and endocrines that regulates the relationship between stress and disease. C. The effects of chronic social isolation on illness appear to be regulated by acquired genes. D. The genes associated with the human stress response do not play any role in chronic diseases.

Psychology