When cold and warm receptors of the skin are stimulated, what sensation is experienced ______, and who is the psychologist credited with this discovery ______ ?

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The prompt presents a question and indicates the correct answer as: 'intense heat; J. Henry Alston'. However, there are no answer options provided to analyze the choices against this claim, which limits our ability to assess why other alternatives would be incorrect.

First, restating the question for clarity: When cold and warm receptors of the skin are stimulated, what sensation is experienced, and who is the psychologist credited with this discovery? The given correct response pairs the sensation 'intense heat' with the psychologist 'J. Henry Alston'.

Now, evaluating the stated correct answer in light of general knowledge:
- The skin contains thermoreceptors for cold and warm temperatures, and the brain interprets these signals to produce a conscious temperature sensation. In typical physiology, stimulating cold receptors tends to produce a sensation of cold, and stimulating warm receptors tends to produce warmth. When both sets are stimulated simultaneously or in certain patterns, one could argue for complex percepts due to integration in the central nervous system, but standard teaching emphasizes distinct cold and warm sensations rather than an 'intense heat' sensation arising specifically from simultaneous cold and warm receptor activation. Therefore, labeling the resulting sensation as 'intense heat' would require a particular context or experimental finding not provided here.

- Regarding the attribution to J. Henry Alston: historically, J. Henry Alston (an American psychologist) is known for work in psychophysiology and related areas, including research on sensory and autonomic processes, but precise credit for discovering or characterizing cold and warm skin receptors is not universally associated with his name in standard textbooks. Classic attribution for basic thermoreception often points to earlier physiologists or broader lines of research in sensory physiology. Thus, saying Alston discovered this specific sensation attribution would demand a specific citation or study reference that is not provided in the prompt.

Because there are no alternative options to compare, we cannot dissect why other choices would be incorrect in this particular item. In general, if a choice asserts that cold and warm receptor stimulation yields a particular sensation, you’d want to verify it against standard neurophysiology sources and check the historical attribution for the psychologist mentioned.

If you obtain the missing answer options, we could compare each option in turn: identify whether it states a sensation consistent with thermoreceptor stimulation (e.g., cold, warmth, or a mixed/abnormal percept) and verify the credited psychologist against credible historical sources. Without those options, the explanation remains limited to evaluating the plausibility of the two components of the given correct answer and pointing out the need for context or source validation.

Introduction to Psychology Midterm (1-7) - PSYC 1A - Closes 4/17

When cold and warm receptors of the skin are stimulated, what sensation is experienced , and who is the psychologist credited with this discovery ?

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