Contrast the methods used to assess brain activity.
What will be an ideal response?
Doctors use the electroencephalogram (EEG) and functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) to assess brain activity. The EEG only measures activity in the cerebral cortex, but the fMRI measures in both the cerebral cortex and other areas of the brain. The fMRI cannot be used with toddlers, though, as it requires the patient to lie still.
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_____ refers to suggestive techniques for altering a person's perceptions, thoughts, feelings, memories, or behaviors
A) Déjà vu B) Hypnosis C) Meditation D) Perceptual sets
Learning theorists believe the following, EXCEPT:
A) Early experiences play an important role in the development of sexual orientation. B) People learn to engage in sexual activity with members of the same sex if such experiences are pleasurable. C) They have not identified specific learning experiences that would lead to gay male or lesbian sexual orientation. D) Early experiences do not play an important role in the development of sexual orientation.
Which of the following is an example of behavior?
A. a baby's feelings when his or her mother leaves the room B. a student's memory of a motorcycle trip C. two people holding hands in a park D. thinking of a family vacation
What is the main function of myelin?
a) To connect the end of an axon to the terminal buttons. b) Myelin consists of a bilayer of continuous sheets of phospholipids that separate two fluid environments. c) To pass information from the axon across the synapse in the form of a neurochemical message. d) Myelin speeds the rate of information transfer in neurons and ensures that the message gets to the end of the axon. e) None of the above is a function of myelin.