The Trash Really Stinks, but It Doesn't Bother You as Much

question 6

Multiple Choice

The trash really stinks, but it doesn't bother you as much as it did when you first came home, so you put off taking it out for another day. ____________ has probably occurred.

• A)Positive adaptation
• B)Negative adaptation
• C)Sensory adjustment
• D)Signal adaptation

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Definitions:

Cycles Per Second

A unit of frequency equivalent to one hertz, indicating the number of cycles (such as wave oscillations) completed in one second.

Gustatory Cortex

Area of the brain involved in the perception of taste.

Insula

A region of the brain located deep within the cerebral cortex, involved in consciousness and emotional regulation.

Temporal Lobe

The region of the brain responsible for processing auditory information and is involved in memory and emotion.