Answer the following statements true (T) or false (F)

1. The amygdala is involved in the consolidation of emotional memories
2. Neurotransmission, or communication among neurons, is analogous to you sending a toy boat across a river to your friend on the other side
3. Neurotransmission between two neurons physically changes the synapse, or space between these neurons
4. Eric Kandel won the Nobel Prize by demonstrating long-term memory in the Aplysia, a one-celled organism
5. Kandel's work with Aplysia demonstrated that short-term memory involves the growth of new synaptic connections among neurons


1. True
2. False
3. True
4. False
5. False

Psychology

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A. obedience
B. compliance
C. consistency
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a. positive; negative
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