The enhanced efficiency in a synapse after brief rapid stimulation that makes up learning is called
a. short-term potentiation. c. synaptic transmission.
b. long-term potentiation. d. action potential.
B
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d. There are no parental behaviors that would influence an infant that young.
Which of the following statements regarding Gardner's contributions to intelligence research is FALSE?
A) Gardner argued that multiple intelligences exist in all people. B) Gardner was the first person to identify several different areas of intelligence. C) According to Gardner, each person has a different profile of intelligences. D) Gardner introduced the concept of "biopsychological potential."
Compare the great person theory of leadership with the contingency theory of leadership. With which theory would a social psychologist be most likely to agree?
What will be an ideal response?
Hormones are most likely to affect sexual orientation
A) during puberty. B) while a fetus is in the uterus. C) during early adulthood. D) during the phallic stage.