A neuron's maximum rate of firing is theoretically about _________ action potentials per second.
A. 200
B. 500
C. 1,000
D. 10,000
Answer: C
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Indicate whether this statement is true or false.
Ryan was born to a drug-addicted mother who used a variety of drugs and alcohol during her pregnancy. Despite his mother's ingestion of potentially teratogenic substances, Ryan appeared normal at birth. Now that Ryan is in school, however, he appears to have learning disabilities and behavioral problems. Ryan's symptoms are indicative of
a. postnatal malnourishment. c. the sleeper effect. b. retroactive backlash. d. fetal alcohol syndrome.
When jurors are exposed during the trial to a new piece of evidence, they tend to distort their evaluation of that evidence in a direction that supports their current verdict choice. What is this tendency called?
A. evidentiary distortion B. current-to-future distortion C. verdict predisposition D. predecisional distortion
Interpreting new sensory information within the framework of a past memory illustrates
A) accommodation B) top-down processing C) Weber's law D) sensory adaptation