After several highly publicized instances of deadly shark attacks, many people stopped swimming in the ocean. Vivid media coverage prompted people to use _____ to judge the safety of the ocean.

Placebos have been found to be effective in 50-60% of patients in some cases.

Which of the following is an example of a random sampling procedure?

The rods in the retina are responsible for _____ vision, and the cones are responsible for ____ vision.

In the motor cortex, there is more brain tissue allocated to your fingers than your back.

Somites develop into all of the following EXCEPT:

Signal detection theory takes into account a decision making process as well as a sensory process. When we detect things that don’t exist, this is called _______.

Which of the following is a measure of variability.

Your perception of a stimulus is caused by the brain’s use of _______.

Sam picks up a hot cookie sheet and then quickly drops it as her body begins to respond to the heat sensations. The neurons responsible for sending the signal regarding the pain would be considered __________ neurons.