When faced with a stressor, people report that the level of stress is _____ when they perceive that _____.

A(n) _____ is a drug that increases the action of a neurotransmitter.

Weber’s law states that the just noticeable difference of a stimulus is a(n) _____ proportion, despite variations in intensity.

The insulating layer of fatty material that covers the axon of many neurons is called the:

The first few and last few items in a series are more likely to be recalled than are the items in the middle, a phenomenon termed the _____ effect.

Learning to drive a car is an example of _____ learning that becomes _____ over time.

Individuals with phobic disorders:

Harry Harlow found that the social and cognitive deficits exhibited by monkeys raised in isolation for their first 6 months of life:

The _____ is a projective technique in which respondents’ underlying motives and concerns and the way they see the social world are believed to be revealed through analysis of the stories they make up about ambiguous pictures of people.

Two general tactics that humans have developed to gain access to resources are: