Regarding Drugs, Electroconvulsive Shocks, and Long-Term Potentiation, Which of the Following

question 56

Multiple Choice

Regarding drugs, electroconvulsive shocks, and long-term potentiation, which of the following statements is FALSE?

• A)Ginkgo biloba has yielded disappointing results in research trials that investigated drugs to improve memory.
• B)Electrically stimulating parts of the brain involved in memory, such as the hippocampus, can increase long-term potentiation.
• C)Rats administered drugs that increase long-term potentiation could remember the correct path through a maze better than rats not given the drug.
• D)If two or more interconnected brain cells become more active at the same time, the connections between them grow stronger with the affected brain cell then responding more strongly to messages from the other cells.

Understand the methods used in personality research, including experimental and correlational research.

Acknowledge the effects of early life experiences on personality development.

Recognize the limitations of various research methods in establishing causality.

Understand the differences in response patterns between online and traditional testing environments.

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