Decision Making Involves Assessing the Results of a Solution

question 138

True/False

Decision making involves assessing the results of a solution.

Recognize the importance of disconfirming hypotheses as part of the scientific method.

Understand the significance and methodology of meta-analysis studies.

Identify potential flaws in research studies and understand how to control for them.

Comprehend the necessity of operational definitions for variables in research.

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Definitions:

IPSP

Inhibitory postsynaptic potential, a type of synaptic potential that makes a neuron less likely to generate an action potential.

Action Potential

A rapid rise and subsequent fall in voltage or membrane potential across a cellular membrane, momentarily allowing the cell to become depolarized.

Depolarization

The process by which the electrical charge of a cell membrane becomes less negative, leading to the generation of an action potential in neurons.

Hyperpolarization

A change in a cell's membrane potential making it more negative, typically reducing the likelihood of generating an action potential.