The neural "pruning" that takes place during infancy and toddlerhood results in:
a. a loss of about 10% in the weight of the typical brain
b. a loss of many of the neural connections that were present at birth
c. severing the connection between left and right hemispheres that was present during the prenatal period of development
d. the near-total separation of the brain's cortex and other brain structures that lie below it
b
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a. physician b. nutritionist c. nutritional psychologist d. dietary psychologist
An action potential causes the release of neurotransmitters by ____
a. blocking potassium pores in the membrane b. opening chloride pores in the membrane c. blocking iron pores in the membrane d. opening calcium pores in the membrane
Joe College sat through a lecture with arms folded. He said, "I remember enough. It was on cognition.". Joe's memory for the lecture was of its
a. selective attention. b. emotional undertone. c. verbatim detail in the professor's explanations. d. gist.
A self-serving bias would have which attribution pattern?
a. Successes and failures are both attributed internally. b. Successes and failures are both attributed externally. c. Success is attributed internally and failure is attributed externally. d. Failure is attributed internally and success is attributed externally.