Carlos is studying for his psychology exam. he is finding it more and more difficult to focus because he is hungry. his hunger becomes so distracting that he leaves his studies and heads to the nearest sandwich shop. which of the following best explains carlos' behavior?
a) arousal theory
b) need for affiliation
c) incentive theory
d) drive-reduction theory

Sensory adaptation of cutaneous temperature receptors some types of sensory receptors, like pain receptors, will continue to transduce pain until the stimulus is removed. other sensory receptors may respond with an initial burst in production of action potentials, but will “adapt” and over time action potentials will cease. sensory adaptation occurs, for example, with olfactory receptors for smell. procedure have the subject place one hand in an ice bath while simultaneously placing the other hand in a warm water bath (@40oc). the subject should keep their hands in the designated baths for two minutes. after two minutes, remove both hands and place both hands in a room temperature water bath. record your observations review questions 1. describe how each hand felt after taking them out of the designated water baths and placing them into the room temperature water bath. 2. define sensory adaptation and relate it to what happened to the temperature receptors in the subject’s hands. 3. list and describe sensory receptors that adapt, and sensory receptors that do not.

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Match the following. biodegradable diabetes n hazardous w cancer ozone 1. the layer of the atmosphere that the ozone layer is part of the type of wastes that can be broken down by other organisms into a reusable form the type of solid, liquid, or gas wastes that are toxic, flammable, corrosive, reactive, or radioactive the process by which certain waste materials, such as plastic, glass, aluminum, and paper are prepared for reuse 5. the addictive drug found in tobacco a disease frequently developed by smokers and passive smokers a disease of the pancreas in which insulin is not produced in 7. the correct amounts so that glucose can be converted into energy or stored as fat formed in the atmosphere when chemicals, called volatile 8. organic compounds (vocs), and nitrogen dioxide (no2) are acted upon by sunlight when burned, it can cause an increase of co2, ozone, and sulfur dioxide in the atmosphere stratosphere fossil fuel recycle nicotine