Name___________________________________ Biology 2401 Quiz Fundamentals of the Nervous System Ch 11 MULTIPLE CHOICE. Choose the one alternative that best completes the statement or answers the question. 1) What is the role of acetylcholinesterase? A) amplify or enhance the effect of ACh B) destroy ACh a brief period after its release by the axon endings C) act as a transmitting agent D) stimulate the production of serotonin 1) 2) The term central nervous system refers to the ________
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Running head: EFFECT OF AUTHORITY Effect of Authority on the Likelihood to Conform Abstract To explore the relationship between increased power or social status and a person’s likelihood to conform‚ forty high school students (5 boys and 5 girls from each grade level: freshmen‚ sophomores‚ juniors and seniors) will be taken one at a time into a room with five confederates (classmates who are considered by their peers to be in the “popular crowd”). The participants will be shown a variety
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Every society has a mold. If a person cannot fit into that mold‚ they cannot conform to that society‚ which leaves them as an individual. Society can be a detriment to one’s individuality by casting them aside and portraying them as an evil. If not accepted into society‚ an individual may have no choice but to fight against the society by acting out‚ however‚ an individual is only one person and one person cannot do much against a society of many. In “Harrison Bergeron”‚ Harrison is an outcast
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did not conform. In 1955‚ Crutchfield found that people conform for a number of reasons. These reasons included being less knowledgeable‚ less confident‚ non-assertive‚ authoritarian views and a lack of friendship networks. These are all personality factors that affect whether or not someone conforms. Other researchers investigated the personality characteristics of those who have been disobedient to authority figures. Oliner and Oliner (1988) interviewed two groups of non-Jewish people who had
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title of great king you have to destroy hundreds of villages and kill thousand of people. All these are old saying‚ but what about our new achievements word wars and cold wars. According to an internet site‚ “In terms of total numbers‚ the Soviet Union bore an incredible brunt of casualties during WWII. An estimated 16‚825‚000 people died in the war‚ over 15% of its population. China also lost an astounding 20‚000‚000 people during the conflict” (Business insider). This is a huge population loss which
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People hurt other people because they either don’t like them or they’re scared. Sometimes people hurt others because they don’t believe in the same gods as the rest of the country/state. Why? Because they feel that if they can get rid of one man who doesn’t respect the states/countries gods then they can stop anyone else from doing so. Take Socrates for example. Socrates was tried for “corrupting the youth” and “refusing to worship the gods of the state and introducing new deities”. They found him
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People should sometimes do things that do not enjoy. Some people try to avoid some things that they dislike or don’t enjoy doing them. From my point of view‚ everyone wants to be successful‚ but unfortunately‚ not everyone is successful and it’s not easy to achieve success. You have to work hard and do the right things which can let yourself closer to the goal. Because these things are necessary for us‚ are linked to our future‚ and are related to our families or friends. For instance‚ not everyone
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In Steven Kurt’s informative article‚ “Why do some people dismiss ADHD?” Steven Kurt describes the lionized truth behind the Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder. Kurt describes how it’s linked with school dropouts‚ teen pregnancy‚ and drug abuse. He has a PhD and is part of the ABPP (American Board of Professional Psychology). Stating that not treating ADHD properly is the main problem‚ he suggests getting the disorder treated rather than discarding the possibility of it. In this paper‚ I will
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forget why you do what you do and who you do it for‚ and make sure everything you do honors that. What I’ve seen happen often times (especially in… yup‚ you guessed it: the education reform movement)‚ is that intentions start out good but the sword starts to swing the other way when money‚ power‚ and statistics are valued over the lives and humanity of students. “Kids first” and “For the kids” becomes merely rhetoric‚ as people jump to enact radically dangerous and untested policies that do anything
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minded people article: make a connection with what we’ve talked about. Connecting the reading to the lecture. Relates to fairness. Case analysis: Identify an ethical issue( violation/transaction). Page 26 ( possible) Shakedown Read the case and think of 3-4 ways the case relates to things we’ve talked about in class. Second half has to offer a detailed solution to the problem. How do you fix this…what would you do… Class overview: Why do ethics matter? Ethics breaks down trusts. How people have
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