Test 1

Question 1

What is the hindsight bias

Answer 1

The bias in which is easy to explain something after it happens.

Question 2

Three ways of knowing

Answer 2

Personal experience, authority, and science.

Question 3

It’s the variable manipulated by the researcher.

Answer 3

Independent variable

Question 4

It is measured by the researcher, influenced by the researcher.

Answer 4

Dependent variable

Question 5

Neurons

Answer 5

Specialized cells that conduct impulses through the nervous system.

Question 6

Specialized chemicals that facilitate the transmission of of impulses from one neuron to the next

Answer 6

Neurotransmitters

Question 7

Structure of the neuron

Answer 7

1. Cell body
2. Axon
3. Axon terminals
4. Dentrities

Question 8

The long fiber that carries the long fiber to the nerve impulses.

Answer 8

Axon

Question 9

The long connection between adjacent neurons.

Answer 9

Synapse

Question 10

Rapid automatic response to a stimulus.

Answer 10

Reflex

Question 11

Myelin sheath

Answer 11

The covering of fatty material that speeds up passage of nerve impulses.

Question 12

Axon terminal

Answer 12

The structure at the end of an axon that produces neurotransmitters to transmit the nerve impulses across the synapse.

Question 13

The branching filaments that conduct the part of the nerve impulses towards the cell.

Answer 13

Dendrite

Question 14

The part of the nerve cell containing the nucleus

Answer 14

Cell body

Question 15

Part of the brain responsible for emotional processing

Answer 15

Amygdala