Charles Darwin Thought the Most Important Distinction Between Man and the Lower

question 57

Multiple Choice

Charles Darwin thought the most important distinction between man and the lower animals was:

• A) Finger-thumb position
• B) Moral sense of conscience
• C) Size of skull
• D) Group and tribal life
• E) Urge for domination

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Definitions:

Ivan Pavlov

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John B. Watson

An American psychologist who established the psychological school of behaviorism, emphasizing the study of observable behavior.

Dendrites

The branched part of a neuron that receives impulses and conducts them toward the cell body.

Axons

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