As you walk into an elevator, you notice the powerful scent of perfume left behind by someone who has just exited. By the time you reach your floor, you find that you hardly notice the smell anymore. What phenomenon is at work?
a) sensory adaptation
b) transduction
c) absolute threshold
d) Weber’s law
Ans: a) sensory adaptation
Psychology
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Suppose that the presence of a particular gene is a sufficient cause for the occurrence of schizophrenia
Which of the following statements is TRUE? A) All people with schizophrenia will have that gene. B) The gene is also a necessary cause for the occurrence of schizophrenia. C) There are other things besides this gene that can cause schizophrenia. D) A person with that gene may or may not become schizophrenic.
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