The doctrine that natural processes are mechanically determined and capable of explanation by the laws of physics and chemistry is ____.?
a. ?reductionism
b. ?materialism
c. ?mechanism
d. ?empiricism
e. ?positivism
c
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A. neurotransmitters. B. the electrical conductivity of neurons. C. brain structure. D. neuronal structure.
The process by which unchanging information from the senses of taste, touch, smell, and vision is "ignored" by the sensory receptor cells themselves is called __________________
a) transformation b) sensory adaptation c) transmutation d) transduction
When presynaptic neurons are active and postsynaptic neurons fire at the same time, ______.
A. one cancels the effects of the other B. the synapse is strengthened C. no neurotransmitter is released D. the action potential is inhibited
A matched pairs design involves
A. matching pairs of participants based on a variable and then randomly assigning one member of each pair to each group. B. matching pairs of participants based on researcher preference and then randomly assigning half the pairs to each group. C. an attempt to control for order effects. D. randomly assigning participants to groups and then matching pairs of participants.