Our sense of pain is experienced by __________, which can detect harmful pressure, chemicals, or temperatures
a) nociceptors
b) proprioceptors
c) joints
d) sensory neurons
Answer: A
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An investigator conducts an experiment involving the effects of three levels of a drug on memory. Subjects are randomly assigned to one of three conditions. A different drug level is administered in each condition. Memory is measured 10 minutes after each subject receives the drug. The following scores are recorded. The higher the score, the better the memory. SSwithin = _________
a. 62.25 c. 56.65 b. 59.75 d. 57.00
Which of the following will most likely be remembered due to the effects of elaborative rehearsal?
A. A phone number presented as the first notes of "Mary Had a Little Lamb" B. An alphanumeric serial number presented in four segments of five digits C. A shopping list of grocery items mentally repeated at 20-second intervals D. A list of nonsense syllables in which each word was shown in a different color
Match up the auditory system structure with the correct music analysis function.
A. timing of musical rhythms; inferior frontal cortex B. recognition of harmony; inferior frontal cortex C. perception of underlying beat; left auditory cortex D. perception of harmony; cerebellum
The “high road” where messages are sent from the thalamus to the visual cortex and then back to the amygdala, allowing your perceptions (or interpretations) to affect your emotions, is called the __________
a. rapid subcortical pathway b. prefrontal pathway c. slower cortical pathway d. reflexive pathway