The electrical activity along the axon that occurs when a neuron fires is called:
a. modal current
b. action potential
c. metabotropic activity
d. tomography
b
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Professor Cook is lecturing on the importance of the myelin sheath. He told that class that _____.
A. myelin is the only structure that can prevent action potentials from traveling the wrong direction. B. the fatty nature of the myelin speeds up the action potential down the length of the axon C. the fatty nature of myelin provide storage for key nutrients for the neuron D. myelin increases the strength of the action potential
In contrast to Ellis's view, Beck's view of psychological problems focuses more on
a. the critical events in a person's life. b. family background. c. faulty logic. d. unconscious motive and desires. e. faulty beliefs.
What did the results of the experiment indicate?
A) CAH girls spent more time playing with feminine toys B) control boys and girls differed in the amount of time they played with neutral toys C) CAH girls and control girls spent the same amount of time playing with masculine toys D) control boys and girls differed in the amount of time they played with masculine and feminine toys
The manager at a local restaurant suspects that the pasta dish served at her restaurant is much more enjoyable than the chicken, beef, and fish dishes. She offers four free entrées to 20 people in exchange for participating in her study. In order to minimize individual differences, she has each participant visit her restaurant four times; she randomly assigns them to have either chicken, beef, fish, or pasta on the first visit, another dish on their second visit, and so on. After each dish, they rate their enjoyment of the meal on a 100-point scale. Here is part of her SPSS output: Is it necessary for her to report effect size, and why?
a. No, because there is not a significant effect of entrée.
b. Yes, because we need to know how meaningful the effect of entrée is.
c. No, because the standard deviations are so small.
d. Yes, because p > .05.