Debriefing Is

question 49

Multiple Choice

Debriefing is

• A) Giving instructions to the participant
• B) Informing participants after the session of the experiment's true purpose
• C) Filing all the papers associated with the experiment
• D) Presenting a portion of someone else's work as your own

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Definitions:

Resting Membrane Potential

The electrical charge difference across the cell membrane when the cell is not actively transmitting signals, typically around -70mV for neurons.

Local Potential

Depolarization that is not propagated and that is graded or proportional to the strength of the stimulus.

Summate

To add together or accumulate to a total; in physiology, refers to the additive effect of repeated stimuli on a nerve or muscle.

Gray Matter

Regions of the brain and spinal cord with a high concentration of cell bodies, dendrites, and axon terminals of neurons, distinguished from white matter.