After Debbie's car accident, as the doctor asked her if it hurt here or if it hurt when he pressed this hard, Debbie understood why she could tell the differences in amount of pressure the doctor used; her sensory neurons coded the different pressures via ______.
A. different magnitude action potentials
B. differences in thresholds for different neurons
C. different neurotransmitters
D. different rates of firing in neurons
Answer: D
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a. at all levels of education, men earn more than women b. at all levels of education, women earn more than men c. there are no gender differences in educational earnings d. there is no relationship between education and earnings
Which of the following is NOT true concerning the use of response cost in a token economy?
a. it should be implemented at the beginning of the program b. clients should be aware of the number of tokens lost for undesirable behavior c. it involves the loss of tokens for engaging in undesirable behavior d. the number of tokens lost should depend on the severity of the problem
Stress is an adaptive reaction to events in the world
Indicate whether the statement is true or false
Jan has a fear of riding across bridges. In order to get her over this phobia, she is asked to imagine a series of increasingly distressing images involving her riding in a car across increasingly longer bridges as she is relaxed. The most distressing scene she imagines is driving across the Lake Pontchartrain Bridge to her cousin's house. This procedure is a type of
a. desensitization. b. transference. c. in-vivo exposure. d. imagery rehearsal.