Which of the following best summarizes the cellular mechanisms of reinforcement?

a. Change to the efficiency of dopamine reuptake inhibition
b. Change to the predominance of presynaptic glutamate receptors
c. Change to the predominance of presynaptic GABA receptors
d. Change to the apoptosis of postsynaptic efficacies
e. Change to the efficiency of presynaptic neurons to activate postsynaptic neurons


e. efficiency of presynaptic neurons to activate postsynaptic neurons

Psychology

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a. be terminally ill with 6 months or less to live. b. be in advanced stages of Alzheimer's disease. c. agree to use all available forms of life-prolonging measures. d. have veterans' benefits.

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Dana is an attractive 5'10" brunette. Marsha is a 5'3" unattractive blonde. They have both applied for an administrative assistant position. Who is most likely to acquire the job?

a. Marsha c. both are equally likely b. Dana d. neither

Psychology

According to the just-world hypothesis, people tend to believe that ________

a. a person's actions are just if they truly believe in them. b. all members should benefit equally from belonging to a social group. c. bad people are punished and good people are rewarded. d. rewards come to us in just this world, and not in the afterlife.

Psychology

Craik and Tulving's research using sentences of different complexity suggested that

complex sentences a. produce more elaboration, which leads to better retention of the information that is presented. b. produce more elaboration, which leads to less distinctive memories. c. are more difficult to recall than simple ones. d. do not produce adequate mental imagery for the precise recall of complex information. e. require the use of both long-term and short-term memory, resulting in less precise recall of the information than simple sentences.

Psychology