The resting potential of a neuron was discovered in 1939 by biologists studying marine animals such as squid. Squid were studied because:
A) their neurons are more similar to human neurons than those of most other animals.
B) their neurons are large and easy to study.
C) neurotransmission evolved first in marine animals.
D) it is unethical to study these processes in humans.
B) their neurons are large and easy to study.
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After reading the discussion of gender comparisons in depression, which of the following topics would seem to be the most important one to investigate?
a. What hormonal factors are important in predisposing women to psychological disorders? b. Can brain-imaging techniques clarify why women are especially likely to develop depression? c. What aspects of women's relationships contribute most to increased depression? d. If the mental health-care system were changed, would women be more likely than men to seek therapy?
Mia likes to kick soccer balls. She has developed a mental structure for kicking that may be applied to different situations. This mental structure for kicking would best be described as a. a scheme
b. a fuzzy cognition. c. an intonation. d. an expressive style.
In the context of collective efficacy, which of the following statements is true?
a. The level of collective efficacy in sports teams is directly proportional to their previous performance. c. Collective efficacy in families occur where children are raised with strict guidance from parents. b. Violence and criminal behavior increases the feeling of collective efficacy in neighborhoods to combat violence. d. Office departments which are high in collective efficacy have been shown to increase on-the-job stress.
You are conducting research on dissociative identity disorder. You have reviewed many, many cases of the disorder. You note a strong commonality among those women with dissociative identity disorder. What is it?
a. They come from middle to upper class families. b. They were the middle child. c. They dropped out of high school. d. They were physically or sexually abused during childhood.