Use Your Understanding of Sensory Adaptation and Pain Control to Argue

question 119

Essay

Use your understanding of sensory adaptation and pain control to argue that sensation is often influenced by our motives,expectations,and psychological states of mind.

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Definitions:

Nonpolar Covalent

A type of chemical bond where two atoms share a pair of electrons equally, resulting in no charge separation.

Lewis Structure

A graphical representation of the valence shell electrons in molecules or ions, showing how electrons are shared between atoms to form bonds.

Condensed Formula

A representation of a chemical substance that shows the elements present and their proportions but without the structural details.

Resonance Structure

Different way to draw the structure of a molecule that can't be represented by a single Lewis structure; these structures depict the delocalization of electrons within the molecule.