The white fatty substance that becomes wrapped around axons is referred to as the __________.
A. neuronal sheath
B. dendritic sheath
C. synaptic sheath
D. myelin sheath
Answer: D
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a. the World Health Organization. b. the American Psychiatric Association. c. the Center for Disease Control. d. the American Psychological Society.
Which person demonstrates typical workforce expectations during middle adulthood?
A. Danika dreams that she will continue to climb the corporate ladder all the way to the rank of CEO. B. Marc is happy with his position as middle manager, although he once dreamed of being CEO. C. Steph can finally concentrate on her job as CEO with little outside demands from her family. D. Jose is happy to show the ropes to the company's new CEO, who is 20 years his junior.
Two-way communication
A. Only flows upward B. Is only horizontal C. Involves feedback
Research with nonhuman primates suggests that
a. memories for prototypes are stored in the hippocampus. b. prototypes cannot account for how we learn to recognize diverse objects. c. each object we encounter has its own template. d. increased familiarity with objects in our environment may lead to the development of specific prototypes. e. the visual system looks for exact matches between the pattern that is observed and the stored memories of shapes and contours.