The role of glutamate in addiction appears to be that it _____.
A. affects the brain's reward system
B. slows down neurons in the frontal lobe, preventing critical thinking
C. creates lasting memories of the drug's effects by changing the connections between neurons
D. increases the effectiveness of other neurotransmitters that share the synapse with it
Answer: C. creates lasting memories of the drug's effects by changing the connections between neurons
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A. Loss-Oriented; Restoration-Oriented B. Restoration-Oriented; Loss-Oriented C. Quick-Trajectory; Lingering-Trajectory D. Lingering-Trajectory; Quick-Trajectory
Different interpretations of culturemes may be related to which of the following?
A. difficulty understanding basic facial expressions across cultures B. difficulty interpreting tone of voice across cultures C. difficulty interpreting humor across cultures D. difficulty translating the emotion of music across cultures
Memories that are like looking into your own personal photo album are called __________ memories
a. episodic b. eidetic c. semantic d. echoic
A variable-ratio schedule of reinforcement is a schedule
A. in which reinforcement is given only after a specific number of responses are made. B. in which reinforcement occurs after a fluctuating number of responses rather than after a fixed number. C. in which the time between reinforcements varies around some average rather than being fixed. D. that provides reinforcement for a response only if a fixed time period has elapsed.