What is the difference between a monosynaptic and polysynaptic reflex? Give examples of each.
What will be an ideal response?
Polysynaptic reflexes are reflexes requiring more than one synapse. In contrast, the myotatic reflexes are monosynaptic, or requiring only a single synapse between a sensory neuron and a motor neuron. Myotatic reflexes are examples of monosynaptic reflexes. A familiar example of a polysynaptic reflex is the flexor reflex.
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a. Men and women do not differ in the amount of time it takes them to get ready for a date.
b. Men take longer than women to get ready for a date.
*c. Women take longer than men to get ready for a date.
d. This output does not provide enough information for interpretation.
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A) more general; more specific B) more specific; more general C) explicit; implicit D) implicit; explicit
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A. dopamine only. B. dopamine and epinephrine. C. dopamine and norepinephrine. D. dopamine, epinephrine, and norepinephrine.
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background music variable is a(n) a. true independent variable. c. dependent variable. b. quasi-independent variable. d. interval scale.