What property of the neuron membrane produces the "all-or-none" law?
What will be an ideal response?
Answer: Voltage-gated ion channels of the axon membrane remain closed until the membrane potential reaches threshold (a fixed voltage). If the membrane potential reaches threshold, an
action potential occurs; if not, no action potential occurs.
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What widely used interview procedure is used tobriefly evaluate a client's cognitive, psychological, and behavioral functioning?
a. Rorschach technique c. sentence-completion test b. mental status examination d. Stanford-Binet Intelligence Scale
According to the textbook, which of the following is the correct order of the states of problem solving?
A. realization state, operations state, culmination state B. operations state, review state, decision state, goal state C. goal state, operations state, review state, decision state D. initial state, operations state, goal state
Describe the factors that influence a debriefing's effectiveness
What will be an ideal response?
Stereotypes rob people of their individuality and are especially damaging when people begin to halfway believe the stereotypes applied to them or at least worry about how they appear in the presence of stereotypers. This is known as
a. ethnocentrism. b. a social dominance orientation. c. a self-stereotype. d. dogmatism.