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Christopher knows a lot of facts about the earth. He knows that the circumference of Earth is 40,030 km even though he did not personally measure the circumference of the Earth. This knowledge is referred to as _____.

Match the correct terms to the different observances Ivan Pavlov made in his famous experiment with salivating dogs. HINT: Salivation of dog will be used twice.

Implicit memories involve methods and skills, cognitive and physical, and are also referred to as _____.

When following the scientific method, psychologists usually begin a study by:

This white, fatty substance insulates axons, facilitating transmission of neural impulses.

When a patient insists on having a medical cure but a physician does not believe that medicine is necessary, the physician may prescribe sugar pills. Such fake pills are called _________________.

Why is Phineas Gage well known in the psychological community?

Nature is to ________, as Nurture is to ________?

Which of the following is a neurotransmitter – chemical substance involved in the transmission of neural impulses from one neuron to another?

What part of the brain is considered the wrinkled surface area (gray matter) of the cerebrum? According to the book, this “is the part of the brain that you usually think of as your brain.”