Neurons have a distinct ability to communicate with other cells using a cluster of fibers called __________
a) nucleus
b) myelins
c) synapses
d) dendrites
Answer: d
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a. Mary Esther is in Stage 1 of sleep. b. Sarah is in Stage 2 of sleep. c. Randy is in Stage 3 of sleep. d. Ed has just fallen asleep. e. None of these; there are no differences in the ability to awaken in the different stages of sleep.
The research on logical reasoning shows that the confirmation bias is especially likely to operate when the participants
a. are working on an ecologically valid task, rather than a task in the psychology laboratory. b. use a diagram to solve the problem, rather than solving it "in their heads." c. are working on a task that focuses on arbitrary stimuli, rather than on human interactions. d. rely too heavily on bottom-up processes.
Dealing with communication overload by prioritizing which information should be dealt with first refers to:
a. omission b. escape c. queuing d. omnibus processing
Action potentials in muscle fibers a. do not occur
b. spread out in two directions on either side of a receptor site. c. travel in only one direction, from one end of a muscle fiber to the other. d. lead to multiple twitches in that fiber.