Delores suffers from Parkinson's disease and has pronounced tremors. In an effort to reduce her tremors, battery-powered electrodes were implanted into specific areas of her brain that are thought to give rise to them. Delores is receiving a rather new treatment known as:
A) deep brain stimulation.
B) TMS.
C) ECT.
D) anterior capsulotomy.
A) deep brain stimulation.
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A neurotransmitter is released into a synapse, but it has no effect on a neighboring neuron. Which statement best accounts for the unresponsiveness of the neighboring neuron??
a. ?The neighboring neuron does not contain any neurotransmitters of its own. b. ?The neighboring neuron’s vesicles are defective. c. ?The neighboring neuron has an outer membrane. d. ?The neighboring neuron’s receptors do not accept this type of neurotransmitter.
Death was "resurrected" after 1945, why?
a. The atomic age brought about the possible annihilation of the entire human race. b. The losses of millions of soldiers in WWII "brought death home" for the world. c. People began to fear death more because of the increase in infant deaths. d. Society began to look inward for answers, and death as a topic naturally evolved.
Videotapes of babies confirm that they imitate adult facial gestures while they can see them. Biopsychologists would explain that this imitation is due to the action of the
a. amygdala. b. pons. c. mirror neurons. d. reticular formation.
Rasel believes that women are inferior to men. He came to this conclusion after years of noting how his father demeaned his mother. Rasel probably acquired this attitude through:
A. observational learning. B. classical conditioning. C. operant conditioning. D. insight learning.