What would happen if ion channels had lower thresholds than they do now?
What will be an ideal response?
If ion channels had lower thresholds than they do now, the nervous system would be more responsive to stimuli of lesser intensity. In the real world, this might mean greater sensitivity in touch, smell, and sounds.
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a. become transvestites b. develop gender dysphoria as adults c. do not develop gender dysphoria as adults d. engage in paraphilias as adults
An experimenter conducts an experiment on the effects of a drug to control hallucinations. The experimenter declares the results to be "statistically significant," which means that
a. even though appropriate statistics were used, no differences could be detected between the experimental and control groups. b. the results have important implications for theory or practice. c. differences of this size between the experimental and control groups would occur by chance only five times out of 100 (or less). d. differences between the experimental and control groups were so large they could never occur by chance alone.
Based upon observations, Galton concluded that intelligence could be measured by assessing:
a. head size c. responses to inkblots b. reaction to a puzzle box d. reading comprehension
Explain how shaping and automatic conditioned reinforcement could result in disordered or
bizarre behavior patterns. Define your terms and give a real-world example. What will be an ideal response?