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Question 45 1 / 1 pts _______ invented the ophthalmoscope, studied hearing, and first determined the speed of neural impulses

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Question 45

1 / 1 pts

_______ invented the ophthalmoscope, studied hearing, and first determined the speed of neural impulses.

  

Fechner

  

Helmholtz

   

Locke

 

Ramón y Cajal

   

Weber

 

 

Question 46

1 / 1 pts

Materialism is the notion that

  

physical matter is the only reality.

   

happiness results from acquisition of material possessions.

   

all materials influence the mind.

   

materials are important to functioning.

   

materials help the mind.

 

 

Question 47

1 / 1 pts

JND is the

  

difference in detection time for two different stimuli.

   

judgment of no detection.

   

time it takes to notice a stimulus.

   

true difference in detection time.

   

smallest detectable difference between two stimuli.

 

 

Question 48

1 / 1 pts

Hubel and Wiesel uncovered some important properties of the _______ of neurons in the striate cortex.

  

photoreceptors

   

dendrites

   

axons

   

neurotransmitters

   

receptive fields

 

 

Question 49

1 / 1 pts

Which of the following is a superordinate level category term?

  

Station wagon

   

Car

   

Vehicle

   

All of the answers are correct

   

Limousine

 

 

Question 50

1 / 1 pts

Airport security is very tight. If a traveler even jokes about a bomb, they are detained and questioned to ensure that no real terrorist threat succeeds. In terms of signal detection theory, airport security would rather have a _______ than a _______.

  

miss; false alarm
 

  

false alarm; miss

   

hit; miss

   

correct rejection; miss

   

miss; correct rejection