The purpose of the myelin sheath is to _________

a. provide a place for respiration and metabolism to occur
b. carry messages from the spinal cord to the brain
c. insulate the neuron so it can act more efficiently
d. receive messages from outside the neuron and carry them to the cell nucleus

c

Psychology

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The principle that best describes an organizational effect of androgens during prenatal development that enables an animal to engage in male sexual behavior as an adult is

a. feminization. b. emasculinization. c. behavioral masculinization. d. aromatization. e. behavioral defeminization.

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What is the best advice concerning the accuracy of preschoolers' eyewitness testimony?

a. Leading questions improve accuracy of responding. b. If it is a memory for a traumatic event, it is definitely a real memory. c. It is very difficult to create a situation where preschool children do not accurately recall basic events like field trips. d. Under conditions of questioning with lots of open-ended questions, memory accuracy will likely decline.

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