If a Bone Fragment Resulting from a Broken Nose Pushed

question 3

Multiple Choice

If a bone fragment resulting from a broken nose pushed against the olfactory (smell) nerve, triggering an action potential, the person would

• A) register the sensation as a smell.
• B) lose her sense of smell.
• C) register the sensation as a sound.
• D) register the sensation as a visual stimulus.
• E) not register the sensation at all.

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Definitions:

Prototype

In person perception, an abstraction that represents the “typical” or quintessential instance of a class or group.

Implicit Personality Theory

A set of unstated assumptions about which personality traits are correlated with one another.

Stereotype

A generalized belief or assumption about the characteristics of a particular group or category of people.

Availability Heuristic

A mental shortcut that relies on immediate examples that come to a given person's mind when evaluating a specific topic, concept, method, or decision.