How does Novocain block pain when a dentist is drilling your tooth?
a. Novocain causes action potentials to travel away from the brain instead of toward it.
b. Novocain prevents sodium from crossing the membrane
c. Novocain inhibits many synapses in the brain.
d. Novocain blocks blood flow to certain brain areas.
b
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a. a covariate. b. an extraneous variable. c. a redundant variable. d. an inverse bias.
An advantage of the prototype approach over the exemplar approach is that the prototype approach provides a better explanation of the typicality effect.
Answer the following statement(s) true (T) or false (F)
When analogical reasoning is shown in infants, then ____ is likely to be its basis
a. strategic memory b. implicit knowledge of relations c. explicit knowledge of relations d. infantile amnesia
What is defined as a program of shared rules or norms that govern the behavior of people in a society, as well as a set of shared values and beliefs?
a. Nation b. Culture c. Statute d. Expectation