Daniel is told he has a disease that is breaking down the myelin sheath on his neurons. Given what you know about the myelin sheath, how would you expect this disease to affect Daniel's nervous system?
A. Neurons will fire more rapidly
B. Neurons will not fire
C. Neural signals will travel more slowly
D. There will be no change
Answer: C
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a. ?humanistic; psychodynamic b. ?psychodynamic; humanistic c. ?social-cognitive; humanistic d. ?trait; psychodynamic
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The psychodynamic perspective was based on the earlier work of ________________
a) Watson b) Wundt c) Gestalt d) Freud
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a) shaping b) habituation c) extinction d) sensitization