Motivation, Reward, and the Planning of Behavior Are Influenced by This

question 695

Multiple Choice

Motivation, reward, and the planning of behavior are influenced by this neurotransmitter with reduced feelings of pleasure as well as Parkinson's disease being linked with a deficiency of it.This excitatory neurotransmitter is

• A) dopamine.
• B) GABA.
• C) serotonin.
• D) glutamate.

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Definitions:

F-distribution

A probability distribution used in analysis of variance (ANOVA), depicting ratios of variances to assess the significance of group differences.

Kruskal-Wallis Test

A nonparametric method for testing whether samples originate from the same distribution, used when the assumptions of the ANOVA are not met.

Critical Value

A point on the scale of a statistical distribution that is used to determine the boundary for rejecting the null hypothesis in hypothesis testing.

One-sample T-test

A statistical test used to compare the mean of a single sample to a known average or standard value.