The "all-or-none law" refers to the fact that ______
a. all the neurons in a single nerve fire simultaneously or not at all
b. all the neurons in a particular area of the brain fire simultaneously or not at all
c. a neuron fires at full strength or not at all
d. all the dendrites on a neuron must receive messages telling the neuron to fire or it
will not fire at all
c
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Women tend to be better than men at tasks that require:
A. spatial ability B. verbal fluency C. analytic ability D. rotating mental objects
Which of the following statements about students' academic cheating is FALSE?
A) Students usually blame others for their own cheating. B) Students involved in fraternities and sororities cheat more than others. C) When using objective measures (rather than self-report), there are few gender differences in cheating. D) Even though students believe they will be punished severely if they get caught, they still risk cheating.
Epidemiological studies ______
a. neither point to potential causal factors nor control for selection factors b. point to potential causal factors but do not control for selection factors c. control for selection factors but do not point to potential causal factors d. control for selection factors and point to potential causal factors
Increasing the sample size results in
a. increased power b. smaller error of estimation c. increased representativeness of the sample d. a and b are correct e. a, b, and c are correct