You and Your Friend Steve Are Watching a Singing Contest

question 8

Multiple Choice

You and your friend Steve are watching a singing contest. When one contestant starts, you wince and cover your ears, but Steve is undisturbed by the performance. This difference is reactions can best be explained by the fact that you and Steve likely

• A) have different auditory pickup of physical amplitude and frequency, despite the same physical characteristics of loudness and pitch.
• B) have different psychological experiences of loudness and pitch, despite the same physical characteristics of amplitude and frequency.
• C) have the same psychological experiences for amplitude and frequency, despite different physical characteristics such as loudness and pitch.
• D) have the same psychological experiences for loudness and pitch, despite different physical characteristics such as amplitude and frequency.

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Definitions:

Forgotten Period

A term that is not clearly defined in the context of psychological or medical terminology; could refer to amnesia or a phase of life not remembered, but without a specific definition.

Stress Response

The body's reaction to a perceived threat or challenge, involving physiological and psychological changes.

Sympathetic Nervous System

The nerve fibers of the autonomic nervous system that quicken the heartbeat and produce other changes experienced as arousal and fear. One of the two major routes by which the brain and body produce arousal and fear.

Parasympathetic Nervous System

The nerve fibers of the autonomic nervous system that help return bodily processes to normal.