The conduction of a nerve impulse down the axon is called a(n): ____________?

Related Mcqs:

1. The part of the nerve cell specialized for conducting information is the: ___________?

   A. axon
   B. cell body
   C. soma
   D. neurilemma

2. When Edward Titchener founded a psychology laboratory at Cornell University, he used the approach called ____________?

   A. Behaviorism
   B. Structuralism
   C. Functionalism
   D. Psychoanalysis

3. The kind of therapy developed by Freud is called ____________?

   A. Gestalt therapy
   B. psychoanalysis
   C. behavior modification
   D. S-R therapy

4. The tendency for prior learning to inhibit recall later learning is called: ____________?

   A. encoding failure
   B. repression
   C. retroactive interference.
   D. proactive interference

5. Decreased perceptual response to a repeated stimulus is called: ____________?

   A. habituation
   B. selective attention
   C. divided attention
   D. hallucination

6. Transforming incoming information into a usable form is the stage of memory called: ____________?

   A. retrieval
   B. encoding
   C. storage
   D. organization

7. The phenomenon of certain colours appearing to change brightness under different levels of illumination is called:____________?

   A. Phi-phenomenon
   B. Purkinje phenomenon
   C. Emmert’s phenomenon
   D. Stereoscopic phenomenon

8. Organizing information into larger units as a way of improving the efficiency of short-term memory is called: ____________?

   A. chunking
   B. categorizationn
   C. verbal labeling
   D. symbolization

9. Information processed below the normal level of awareness is called: ____________?

   A. adaptive
   B. subnormal
   C. psychophysical
   D. subliminal

10. The initial stage of learning a response is called: ____________?

    A. conditioning
    B. extinction
    C. contiguity
    D. acquisition