The ability to excel in a number of tasks, especially those related to success in schoolwork, is a common American definition of

Suppose that you have just studied a map of a region, and you have formed a cognitive map for it. Based on what you know from Chapter 7, we could predict that

a. you would estimate that two cities are far apart if there are many other cities in between. b. you would estimate that two cities are close if there are many cities in between. c. the number of intervening cities only influences distance estimates when people are very familiar with the route. d. the number of cities on the route between two cities has little effect on distance estimates.

Smell receptors send messages to the brain via the ___ nerve.

Fill in the blank(s) with the appropriate word(s).