Answer:
The correct answer is E. Sensory adaptation.
Explanation:
Sensory adaptation refers to the reduction of one's sensitivity to a stimulus after being constantly exposed to it. The individual tends to have less awareness of the stimulus and this helps him/her to <em>change his/her focus</em> to other things.
In this case, Adrianne's first exposure is strong; the smell is strong and the apartment smelled horrible to her. However, the longer she was exposed to the smell, the more used she got to it and the less she smelled it.
This is an example of sensory adaptation.
Answer:
Your aunt lends you $1000 to help pay for college tuition. She doesn't require you to pay it back until after you graduate. She charges you 5% simple interest. The total amount you will pay is $1050
Explanation:
Answer:
According to social comparison theory, Barbara appears to have engaged in downward comparison.
Explanation:
According to Leon Festinger's Theory of Social Comparison, we commonly compare ourselves to people who are similar to us. We do that with the purpose of making accurate self-evaluations. However, a type of comparison known as downward comparison happens when we do not look at those who are similar to us. Instead, we compare ourselves to people who are in an inferior, more unfortunate position. That is a way we find to feel better about ourselves. This is what Barbara has done. She only knows the grades of two other classmates - one did better, one did worse than she did. Yet, she has chosen to think she has done really well relative to others in the class. Barbara has clearly chosen to ignore the one got an A, comparing herself to the one who got a C.
They realized the superiority that the US government had and eventually began to realize that the implementation of a treaty would help protect their land subsidies and thereby sustain their primitive (at least to the US) way of life
