Dr. Laboy's research on human hearing shows that if a person listens to a tone of 1,000 cycles per second (hertz), the acoustic nerve produces 1,000 action potentials per second. Dr. Laboy's results support the idea of
A. topographical representation.
B. convergence.
C. the volley theory.
D. the place theory.
Answer: C
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a. common sense. b. logical reasoning. c. data and empirical evidence. d. an assumption about how long he will live.
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a. has not been reinforced b. has been intermittently reinforced c. has been continuously reinforced d. A and B
Pavlov believed that all central nervous activity could be described as either ____ or ____.
a. spontaneous; involuntary b. voluntary; spontaneous c. excitatory; inhibitory d. freely chosen; determined