________ is the creation of new neurons
A) Neurogenesis
B) Neural plasticity
C) Long-term potentiation
D) Synaptogenesis
Answer: A
Rationale: The creation of new neurons is called neurogenesis. Fairly recently, researchers have found that neurogenesis occurs in a limited number of regions in adult brains.
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Don hasn't recited the Pledge of Allegiance in years. When asked to do so, he places his right hand over his heart and recites the Pledge perfectly. Placing his hand over his heart was retrieved from his ________ memory,
whereas the recited words were retrieved from his ________ memory. a) episodic, implicit b) semantic, episodic c) implicit, procedural d) procedural, semantic
Public speaking is an example of ________ talk.
A. report B. relative C. responsive D. rapport
Newborns cannot register smells and tastes with facial expressions.
Answer the following statement true (T) or false (F)
A tendency to select wrong answers because they seem to match pre existing mental categories is called
a. intuition. b. representativeness heuristic. c. base rate. d. framing.