What role does myelination play in the functioning of neural cells?
a) It provides insulation that allows faster transmission of neural impulses
b) It provides protection against inadvertent interaction with neighboring cells.
c) It provides inhibitory signals that regulate the speed of neural transmission.
d) It provides temperature regulation of the axon.
A
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right. He will be most likely to convince this group of his point of view if he a. presents his arguments forcefully and consistently. b. tries to exert normative social influence on the group of students. c. presents himself as an outgroup member rather than as part of their ingroup. d. makes salient the norms of the group.
The main difference between the active gene–environment correlation and the reactive gene–environment correlation is . . .
a. Our genes affect how we behave versus our genes affect how others respond to us b. How active our genes are when we are alone versus when we are with other people c. Both of the above d. Neither of the above
Jan has a fear of riding across bridges. In order to get her over this phobia, she is asked to imagine a series of increasingly distressing images involving her riding in a car across increasingly longer bridges as she is relaxed. The most distressing scene she imagines is driving across the Lake Pontchartrain Bridge to her cousin's house. This procedure is a type of
a. desensitization. b. transference. c. in-vivo exposure. d. imagery rehearsal.
A flawed belief that physicians had about anyone who was vegetative was that the individual:
A. does not react to stimuli from the environment. B. shows signs of motoric response. C. reacts to external forces. D. shows signs of awareness without wakefulness. A. does not react to stimuli from the environment.