Electrical Impulses Require a Neurotransmitter to Cross the Synaptic Cleft

question 85

True/False

Electrical impulses require a neurotransmitter to cross the synaptic cleft.

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Definitions:

Higher-order Conditioning

A form of conditioning involving the modification of reaction to a neutral stimulus by first associating this stimulus with another conditioned stimulus.

Conditioned Stimulus

A previously neutral stimulus that, after becoming associated with an unconditioned stimulus, is able to elicit a conditioned response.

Unconditioned Stimulus

In behavioral psychology, a stimulus that naturally and automatically triggers a response without any learning process involved.

Conditioned Responses

Learned reactions that occur in response to previously neutral stimuli after conditioning.