Which of the following mechanisms of terminating transmitter action involves the reabsorption of a neurotransmitter by the axon terminals?
A. deactivation
B. diffusion
C. reuptake
D. active recycling by glial cells
Answer: C
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a. fugue b. deja vu c. depersonalization d. identity disorder
Suppose you are having trouble deciding on your major. If you now respond to a survey by saying which political candidates you support, what is the probable result? a. You become more likely to make the decision about your major
b. You procrastinate making the decision about your major. c. You abandon your previous choices and decide to major in political science. d. You survey other people about what they think you should choose for your major.
Suppose that you belong to an organization in which an average of only 8 out of 12 people attend meetings on a regular basis. Which of the following ideas best illustrates the way of overcoming a mental set when solving this problem of low attendance?
a. Try to think of all the previous techniques the group has used, and vote to decide which technique to use this time. b. Encourage everyone to try to figure out a new way to solve the problem, avoiding the solutions that the group members had previously tried. c. Emphasize the importance of functional fixedness when trying to solve the problem. d. Use the hill-climbing heuristic to make sure that the group members choose the most direct route, each time they make a decision.
State-dependent learning is superior for retrieval of information when the organism
A) is highly motivated to perform. B) stores information while very emotional. C) is very relaxed. D) is in the same state as it was during encoding.