Neurons convey information about the strength of stimuli by varying:
Correct answer is: C. The rate at which they fire action potentials
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LECTURER EDUCATION MCQS
Gestalt is a German word which means:
Correct answer is: D. All
Gestalt means whole, configuration, and total pattern.
Alterations in activity at dopamine synapses have been implicated in the development of:
Correct answer is: B. Schizophrenia
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What we think and feel in altered states of awareness is:
Correct answer is: B. Transpersonal Psychology
Transpersonal Psychology studies altered states of awareness.
Bandura’s social learning theory emphasizes that most of what we learn is acquired through:
Correct answer is: D. All
Bandura’s theory highlights learning through observation and imitation.
Jim just barely avoided a head-on collision on a narrow road. With heart pounding, hands shaking, and body perspiring, Jim recognizes that these are signs of the body’s fight or flight response, which is controlled by the:
Correct answer is: D. Sympathetic division of the autonomic nervous system
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Bronfenbrenner’s theory consists of environmental systems:
Correct answer is: C. 5
Bronfenbrenner’s theory outlines five environmental systems.
Learning in which students construct an understanding on their own is:
Correct answer is: B. Discovery learning
Discovery learning involves students constructing knowledge themselves.
A setting in which the individual spends considerable time is:
Correct answer is: A. Microsystem
The microsystem involves the environments an individual frequently interacts with.