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A soft touch on the leg evokes a different cortical response when a heterosexual man believes it comes from an attractive woman rather than from a man.This best illustrates the impact of ________ on our brain's responses to sensory stimulation.

A) kinesthesia
B) nociceptors
C) psychokinesis
D) thinking

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Suppose that gas is leaking out of your gas tank and spreading across your garage floor.Which of the following would be most useful in alerting you to the leak?

A) nociceptors
B) olfactory receptors
C) vestibular sacs
D) the basilar membrane

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When put in a foul-smelling rather than a pleasant-smelling room,members of a jury perceived immoral acts such as stealing as more disgusting.This best illustrates the importance of

Andre claims that he can make a broken watch begin to run again simply by entering a state of intense mental concentration.Andre is claiming to possess the power of

Although he was wearing a pair of glasses that shifted the apparent location of objects 20 degrees to his right,after a short practice time Lars was still able to play tennis very effectively.This best illustrates the value of

Grass seen through sunglasses appears as green as it does without glasses.This best illustrates

After gazing at an angry face,you immediately turn to look at a morphed blend of an angry and a scared face.The face appears scared to you.This best illustrates the impact of

Psychics are unable to make millions of dollars betting on horse races.This undermines their claims to possess the power of

The Gestalt principle of proximity refers to the way in which we

Men's sense of hearing tends to be ________ sensitive than women's,and women are ________ pain sensitive than men.

The axons of ganglion cells converge to form

Rebecca was born with cataracts that were not surgically removed until she was 3 years old.As a result,Rebecca is most likely to

Some people are better than others at detecting slight variations in the tastes of various blends of coffee.This best illustrates the importance of

Visual information is processed by

Farouk insists that by intense mental concentration he can actually influence the mechanically generated outcomes of casino slot machines.Farouk is claiming to possess the power of

Research has indicated that hypnosis

Cocking your head would be most useful for detecting the ________ of a sound.

The colored muscle that constricts when you feel disgust or enter a dark room is the

If you move your watchband up your wrist an inch or so,you will feel it for only a few moments.This best illustrates

The smell of diesel fuel instantly reminded Cindy of a bus trip she had taken years earlier.Her rapid recall in response to the odor is most clearly the result of