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Using Terms Referred to in Your Textbook, Discuss How Sex

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Using terms referred to in your textbook, discuss how sex and gender influence people's interactions and relationships with each other.


Definitions:

Sensory Adaptation

The method through which sensory receptors adapt their responsiveness to a stimulus over a period, frequently leading to reduced sensitivity towards a steady stimulus.

Subliminal Stimuli

Signals below the threshold of conscious perception designed to influence thoughts, feelings, or actions.

Top-down Processing

A cognitive process that starts with the analysis of high-level information before proceeding to more detailed data.

Weber's Law

A principle in psychology stating that the just-noticeable difference in a stimulus is proportional to the magnitude of the initial stimulus.

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