At low doses, nicotine produces pleasurable (and addictive) effects by stimulating
__________ receptors in the brain.
a. acetylcholine
b. dopamine
c. serotonin
d. glutamate
e. GABA
a. acetylcholine
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In a classic experiment, a psychologist read a short passage in Greek to his son every day when the boy was between 15 months and three years of age. At age eight, he was asked to recall the passage, to recognize the passage, and later to memorize the original quotations and others of equal difficulty. Which of the following was the most sensitive measure of memory in this study?
a. recall b. recognition c. relearning d. redintegration
Bethany has a mental age of 5 . This means that she must:
a. be 5 years of age b. have answered intelligence test items that could be answered by an average 5-year-old c. have answered at least half of the intelligence items considered appropriate for the average 6-year-old d. have an intelligence level that matches her chronological age
Which widely branching cells are responsible for all of the output from the cerebellar cortex to the nuclei of the cerebellum?
A. Parallel fibers B. Purkinje cells C. Putamen cells D. Saccade cells
If you know the sum for the following set of numbers is 20, the last number in the set must be
what value? 1 + 3 + 3 + 5 + 6 + ? A) 7 B) 1 C) 2 D) 20