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1. The fissure in the neocortex separating the frontal and parietal lobes is known as ____________
2. A statement that attempts to predict or to account for a set of phenomena is________________
3. The dimension of auditory experience related to the intensity of a pressure wave, is _________
4. The space in the synapse that lies between the presynaptic axon and postsynaptic soma or dendrite, is _______________________
5. Cessation of breath during sleep is called as _____________
6. The structures in the synaptic knobs that store neurotransmitters prior to the release of neurotransmitters into the synaptic cleft, is _________________________
7. Forgetting that occurs when previously stored material interferes with the ability to remember similar, more recently learned material is_________________
8. Disorder involving the inability to fall asleep or to maintain sleep at once it is attained is called __________________
9. Which one of the pairs is not correct?
10. ________________ is the one of the determinants of individual differences.
11. _______________ theory advocates that emotions spring from physiological reactions.
12. The tendency to think of wing objects only as they have been used in the past is ______
13. Escape learning is an example of _______________
14. ___________________ is the awareness of the distance between an observer and an object.
15. The point on the ventral surface of the brain where the optic nerves from each eye merge together then separate as they continue in the visual pathway, is called________________
16. "The ___________ perspective focuses on social and cultural forces outside the individual."
17. The triarchic theory of intelligence is given by _______________
18. Cognitive events, often vivid but disconnected that occur during sleep are ________________
19. The process of organizing environmental stimuli into some meaningful patterns or wholes is known as __________________
20. _________________________ is condition in which there is no inclination to eat, even under conditions of severe food deprivation.
21. Our ability to pay attention to only some aspects of the world around us while largely ignoring others is called_______________
22. __________________ is a fat and protein substance surrounding some axons in the nervous system, arranged as a series of segments along the length of the axon.
23. The accurate perception of objects as stable or unchanged despite changes in the sensory patterns they produce, is ____________________
24. _________________ is the cause of autism.
25. Action potential constitutes the ‘firing’ of the neuron and is also referred to as the ___________

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