Sixty-Five-Year-Old Bernice Is Taking Courses at the University with the Intention

question 443

Multiple Choice

Sixty-five-year-old Bernice is taking courses at the university with the intention of completing a bachelor's degree. Some members of her family think she is not likely to succeed because she is much too old to learn new information. These family members are demonstrating:

• A) hindsight bias.
• B) the rule of commitment.
• C) cognitive dissonance.
• D) stereotyped thinking.

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Definitions:

Action Potential

An action potential is a temporary reversal in the electrical charge across a cell's plasma membrane, responsible for the propagation of nerve impulses.

Optogenetics

A biotechnological method that uses light to control cells within living tissue, often neurons, to precisely study and manipulate physiological processes.

Channelrhodopsin-2

A light-sensitive ion channel used in optogenetics for controlling and studying neurons with light.

Halorhodopsin

A light-activated chloride pump used in optogenetics to inhibit neurons by hyperpolarizing their membrane potential.