Suppose you had flipped a fair coin 19 times and "tails" had come up each
time. The probability of now tossing a "head" on the 20th flip would then be
a. .50
b. .05
c. .95
d. .99
a
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Kathy, a neuroscience graduate student, is running the final experiments for her thesis, The Effects of Loud Noise on Auditory Perception. Kathy stimulates the auditory nerve of rodents exposed to loud noise and records the activity of neurons in the primary and secondary cortices. Through which brain pathway is sound input processed prior to arriving at the primary and secondary
cortices?? a. ?cerebellum—substantia nigra—amygdala b. ?striatum—hippocampus—hypothalamus c. ?pons—reticular formation—hippocampus d. ?medulla—midbrain—thalamus
If puberty begins for girls with the onset of menstruation, puberty could be considered a matter of
A) discontinuity. B) continuity. C) quantitative development. D) ecological development.
The idea that large fibers in the sensory nerves can prevent impulses from reaching the brain and thus prevent the sensation of pain is part of the _____________ theory of pain
a. gate-control b. primary process c. free nerve ending d. volley
After trying to conceive a child for over a year, Pendrell and Donna were heartbroken when her first pregnancy resulted in a stillbirth. About how far into the pregnancy was Donna when this occurred?
a. 7 weeks b. 10 weeks c. 18 weeks d. 23 weeks