Suppose you were a graduate student studying for a Ph.D. in psychology in the 1920s. Your advisor was strongly influenced by John B. Watson. Which of the following might your advisor consider an acceptable choice for your research?

Which of the following are tiny sacs in an axon terminal that release chemicals into the synapse?

The work of Freud was built around a __________.

When a neuron fires, it fires in a(n) __________ fashion, as there is no such thing as “partial” firing.

Summer has noticed that when her alarm clock goes off in the morning, her dog, Alfie, is standing by her bed salivating. This is because she immediately rolls out of bed and feeds Alfie, who very much enjoys his canned dog food. It is likely that Summer has conditioned Alfie to __________.

The emerging field of brain imagery in cognitive neuroscience has developed methods such as magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) to examine __________.

The question “What is happening?” refers to which of the following goals in psychology?

The term “fire” when referring to neural transmission indicates that a neuron __________.

The structuralists were important in the history of psychology because they __________.

Which part of a neuron is attached to the soma and carries messages out to other cells?