Diseases such as multiple sclerosis usually involve a deterioration of what part of a neuron?

A. cell body
B. dendrites
C. myelin sheath
D. axon
E. nucleus


C. myelin sheath

Psychology

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According to your text book, if a sexual problem is classified as an acquired sexualdysfunction, it is more likely to have what type of cause?

a. A biological factor b. A psychological factor c. A religious factor d. A medical factor

Psychology

If you are just introduced to a group of individuals and then immediately asked to recall their names, you would probably have most difficulty remembering the names of individuals who were presented ____

a. ?last b. ?both first and last c. ?first d. ?in the middle

Psychology

According to Freud, the visible, or directly observable, content of a dream is its ________ content

a) primary b) manifest c) secondary d) latent

Psychology

Why does the administration of electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) often cause memory loss?

a) It disrupts the process of consolidation. b) It increases the speed of information processing. c) It destroys the brain areas responsible for memory storage. d) It causes a release of stress hormones that initiate a process of repression.

Psychology