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Electrical synapses in the heart and nervous system rely upon specialized channel proteins that allow small substances to pass directly from one neighboring cell to another. These special cell connections are called:

The ion _____ is necessary for the release of ACh from the motor neuron and movement of tropomyosin off of the actin active sites.

The hallmarks of autonomy psychological need satisfaction are:

Which of the following is not a core aspect of relatedness support?

List two functions of the reticular formation. Provide details in your answer. 

According to self-determination theory, the motivation that needs to be most enhanced in asking another person to engage in an uninteresting but important activity (e.g., recycling, cleaning) is to promote:

A single presynaptic neuron stimulates a postsynaptic neuron multiple times in a short period of time in order to reach threshold. This is an example of:

Myelination in the peripheral nervous system is a result of which glial cells?

In the Lepper et al. (1973) study in which children received good player awards for a drawing activity, in which experimental condition did children show the largest decrease in their later intrinsic motivation to draw?

A(n) _____ is an attractive environmental object that occurs at the end of a sequence of behaviors and acts to increase the probability that the behavior will recur.