What are the physical characteristics of sound waves?

Rods and cones are located in which layer of the eye?

Which of the following best illustrates positive punishment in operant conditioning?

a. refusing to give his or her favorite toys to a child who refuses to eat

b. forbidding a teenager from leaving the house because he got drunk

c. forbidding a child from watching television because he broke a glass

d. lecturing and reprimanding a child for being rude to his or her teachers

Name the five primary taste sensations.

What is the function of the myelin sheath? _____________________

What is the myelin sheath?

Name the three regions of the ear, and list each region’s parts.

Identify the three main parts of the ear and the structures that can be found in each part.

The snail-shaped tube in the inner ear, where sound waves are converted into neural activity, is called the ___________.

The snail -shaped tube in the inner ear, where sound waves are converted into neural activity, is called the a. anvil. b. basilar membrane. c. cochlea. d. oval window.

The purpose of random assignment is to: a. allow participants in both the experimental and control groups to be exposed to the independent variable. b. ensure that every member of the population has an equal chance of being selected to participate in the research. c. eliminate the placebo effect. d. reduce potential confounding variables. e. generate operational definitions for the independent and dependent variables.

The frontal lobes become fully developed a. at birth b. at the beginning of adolescence c. at the end of adolescence d. by 25 years old

Neuroimaging experiments have demonstrated that working memory engages the ________.

When neuroimaging techniques are applied to understand why people tend to conform, it is revealed that:

a. conformity comes at an emotional cost.

b. nonconformity comes at an emotional cost

c. conformity causes increased activity in the amygdala.

d. nonconformity results in increased activity in the prefrontal cortex.