__________ is a tiny gap between neurons across which neural communication takes place.

A Harvard group definition of biological death includes the criteria of

a. the failure to move for one hour and breathe for three minutes after removal from a ventilator. b. having reflexive eye blink as the only eye response. c. a heart-beat rate of 0 per minute for 10 consecutive minutes. d. a lack of electrical activity throughout the entire brain and spinal cord.

One concern about the humanistic theories of personality presented in the textbook is:

A. there is little evidence to support the notion of positive regard B. concepts in this perspective are difficult to study or verify C. personality is not completely formed during the first five years of life D. that there is too much emphasis on explaining behavior

Spartans were instructed never to outwardly express emotion, no matter what they were feeling. Spartans tended to use which display rule?

A) opposition B) masking C) neutralizing D) intensification

Hypochondriasis and conversion disorder are both types of __________

a) affective disorders. b) schizophrenic disorders. c) dissociative disorders. d) somatoform disorders.