Intensity of a stimulus, such as the intensity of noise that a person experiences, can be communicated through ______.
A. the size of an action potential
B. the length of the axon an action potential travels along
C. the number of neurons that fire action potentials
D. the speed at which the action potential occurs
Answer: C
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The therapeutic technique that focuses on altering a client's patterns of irrational thinking to reduce maladaptive emotions and behavior is
a. self-monitoring therapy. b. constructive coping therapy. c. rational-emotive therapy. d. behavioral therapy.
Which of the following is NOT one of the limitations of the biological model?
a. It does not provide a full account of any mental disorder. b. It does not explain how biological factors cause mental disorders. c. It ignores the role of family, stress, and other environmental factors. d. It has had very little impact on how we treat mental disorders.
The famous case of the patient H.M. demonstrates
a. anterograde amnesia. b. failure of consolidation. c. retrograde amnesia. d. loss of short-term memory. e. loss of explicit memory.
Many studies over many years have replicated Piaget's results on tasks such as object permanence and conservation, under the condition that
A) the instructions are presented in English. B) the child's parent is present during testing. C) the experimenters conduct the tasks in the same ways as Piaget conducted them. D) only firstborn children are tested.