The fluid-filled space between the synaptic knob of one cell and the dendrites of the next cell is called the ________
a) receptor site
b) synapse
c) synaptic knob
d) axon terminal
ANS: b
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Brandon had a fear of dogs. To extinguish this fear, his mother baked him his favorite cake and gradually brought a dog closer to him while he ate the cake. In this scenario, Brandon's mother used__________to cure his fear
A) cognitive mapping B) negative reinforcement C) counterconditioning D) regularization E) Select
A behavioral therapist would explain the agoraphobic's fear of leaving the house as a(n) ____
a. direct conditioning experience b. exaggerated fear stemming from a single panic attack c. unconscious way of preventing the acting out of sexual desires d. subtype of obsessive compulsive disorder
In conducting an experiment, why would the researcher use random selection and random assignment? Include a definition for each
What will be an ideal response?
Researchers found that if the mothers of monozygotic twins were more negative toward one of their twins, that twin
became more antisocial than the co-twin. became less antisocial than the co-twin. grew more slowly than the co-twin. needed more medical care than the co-twin.