Think of the human neuron as being analogous to your home computer. The computer has many parts. It has a printer, a monitor, a mouse, a video card, and many other components. Which part of the "neuron"
would be similar to a computer's central processing unit (CPU)?
a. The axon
b. The myelin sheath
c. The synaptic vesicles
d. The soma (or cell body)
Answer: D
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a. The research that has been conducted shows consistent evidence of bias against women. b. Women consistently report that they are well treated in the classroom. c. Current research does not provide compelling evidence for a chilly climate in college classrooms. d. Some research suggests that men often face discrimination in the college classroom.
What term do sleep researchers use to designate Stages 1 to 4 of sleep?
a) REM sleep b) NREM sleep c) REMN sleep d) paradoxical sleep
Bulimia nervosa is a condition in which a person develops a cycle of binging on enormous amounts of food and then using inappropriate methods to avoid weight gain. What causes a person to binge when he or she is so worried about weight gain?
-prompts such as an anxious or depressed mood, social stressors, or intense hunger after extreme diet attempts -minimization of the amount of calories he or she believes to be consuming -the development of a panic attack due to obsession with body image -magnification of the sensation of hunger, leading the person to believe he or she is starving to death
In parts-based approaches to object recognition:
a) the identification of the object is viewpoint dependent. b) the whole image of the object is examined holistically. c) the representation stored in memory is analogous to the object being recognized. d) the orientation or the perspective of view on the object is not important.