A potential source of the decline in cognitive ability as we age is the reduced activity of ______.
A. genes involved in long-term potentiation
B. genes involved in synaptic functioning and plasticity
C. genes involved in synaptic vesicle functions
D. all of these
Answer: D
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A. zygote. B. embryo. C. germ. D. fetus.
Why did Kant believe that some things, such as God, immortality of the soul, and freedom, were impossible to know?
a. They are outside the realm of experience. b. They mean different things to different people over the lifetime. c. They are not tangible and are, therefore, unknowable. d. They need to first be broken down into smaller conceptual units.
Genotype is to phenotype as
A. homozygous is to heterozygous. B. nurture is to nature. C. DNA is to deoxyribonucleic acid. D. chromosome pattern is to physical, behavioral, and psychological features.
Behaviorists are called learning theorists because _____
a. one has to learn a lot in order to practice in this field b. learning is not instinctual c. all behavior is learned step by step and can be shaped by the responses of others d. learning automatically occurs