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Yves has been drinking. He has difficulty walking a straight line when asked to do so by a police officer. Apparently, Yves’s ________ has been affected by the alcohol. a. cerebellum b . hippocampus c. thalamus d.amygdala
Chemical substances that carry messages from one neuron to the next are called
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Prolonged exposure to movement in one direction ________ the motion detectors responsive to that direction. When the movement stops, the baseline firing rate of detectors for the opposite direction of motion will be ________ than the firing rate for the detectors that responded to the prolonged movement, leading to motion aftereffects.
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Which of the following characteristics is NOT a basic quality of taste?
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Dr. Growe is reading an article discussing the effect of group size on the conformity of group members. Dr. Growe is most likely reading theJournal of________Psychology. aDevelopmenta
. lb . Cultural c. Social d. Personality Dolores has severe epilepsy and must undergo a procedure to disconnect the left hemisphere of her brain from the right to prevent the epilepsy from spreading. During this procedure, doctors will surgically cut the fibers that connect the two hemispheres of the brain, which are called the
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Circadian rhythms can best be described as
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All of the following conditions can occur from prenatal exposure to a teratogen EXCEPT
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Charles Darwin’s observations on how individuals adapt to an environment through natural selection had the strongest influence on which of the following schools of thought? a. structuralism b . functionalism c. Gestalt theory d.psychoanalytic theory
The sense that allows you to determine the location of your body and limbs in space is called
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Phil has been having trouble remembering where he left his keys, eyeglasses, and favorite book. Now he also forgets to brush his teeth, comb his hair, and put clothes on in the morning. Phil is most likely experiencing
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Why does a dog sniff virtually everything that it encounters?
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