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Willa is attending the wedding of a good family friend. After the ceremony she attends the reception. The band is playing while attendees dance and silverware and plates clank as guests eat from a buffet. Relate the following terms to Willa's experience as she sits down to eat her dinner and watch the guests dance.

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Relate the following terms to Willa's experience as she sits down to eat her dinner and watch the guests dance.

-Somesthetic receptors

-Vestibular system

-Kinesthesis

-Broca's area

-Basilar membrane

-Habituation

-Cocktail party effect

Step-by-step explanation:

Since we are told that "The band is playing while attendees dance and silverware and plates clank as guests eat from a buffet," Willa's Somesthetic receptors which help coveys information about touch, and pressure to our nervous system aid her sense the vibrations from the dancing and clanking of plates at the party.

Her vestibular system which forms part of her inner ears would be responsible for her ability to have a sense of balance as she walks to through the crowded spaces.

Kinesthesis is what aides the guests as they dance as it helps them detect their own body movements while dancing.

Broca's area is responsible for the band's ability to sing out to the delight of the guests present because it is a region in the human brain that also assists in speech production.

The Basilar membrane on the other hand assists all those presents to hear the varying music tones and voices at the reception because it is a region in the human ear that detects sound waves and adjusts accordingly.

Habituation would have started occurring when Willa no longer feels interested in the music the band is playing or of those dances as she has been become frequently stimulated already.

The Cocktail party effect refers to her brain's ability to focus on just one conversation even though the surrounding background is generating several other sounds.

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