Lauren Loves Very Hot, Spicy Foods Full of Pepper

question 3

Multiple Choice

 Lauren loves very hot, spicy foods full of pepper. Sometimes, her friends can't eat the food she prepares because they actually feel like their mouths have been burned. It is likely that this response results from the activity of

• A) nociceptors that respond to certain chemicals.
• B) warm fibers.
• C) mechanoreceptors.
• D) a combination of warm and cold fibers.

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Definitions:

Parmenides

A pre-Socratic Greek philosopher who argued that reality is unchangeable, and all change is an illusion.

Unreal

Something that is imagined or fantasized and not found in reality; often used in discussions of philosophy, fiction, and art.

Unchanging

Remaining the same over time; not subject to change, variation, or alteration.

Hegel's Idealism

A philosophical approach by Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel emphasizing that reality is constructed by the mind and that the material world is an expression of ideas.