From Your Own Experience (And from Reading Through This Exercise!)

question 3

Multiple Choice

From your own experience (and from reading through this exercise!) , which would you predict to be the most numerous cutaneous receptor type?

• A) receptors for pain
• B) receptors for cold
• C) receptors for heat
• D) receptors for touch

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Definitions:

Convex

A shape or function where a line segment between any two points on its boundary or graph lies above or on the shape or graph.

Transitivity

In decision theory, the principle that if a person prefers option A to B and B to C, then they should prefer A to C.

Diminishing Marginal

A principle stating that as additional units of a variable input are added to a fixed input, the additional output produced from each new unit will eventually decline.

Indifference Curves

A graphical representation of different combinations of goods or services among which a consumer is indifferent, showing preferences and trade-offs.