Why does nicotine produce a pleasurable feeling?
A. It increases dopamine in the brain's pleasure center.
B. It interferes with the reuptake of dopamine.
C. It binds to serotonin receptors.
D. It blocks adenosine receptors in the limbic system.
Answer: A
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b. The more sun children get the faster they seem to grow. c. The faster children grow, the more sun they seem to get. d. The less sun children get, the slower their rate of growth seems to be.
In the Atkinson-Shiffrin model of short-term memory, the concept called "control processes"
a. emphasizes iconic memory. b. emphasizes information that is presented too quickly to be remembered. c. is a strategy that helps you remember items more accurately. d. is a strategy that involves vision, instead of hearing.
In psychodynamic theory, the unconscious mind is the __________
a. rude part of ourselves. b. thoughts and feelings we are not aware of. c. mind's id. d. determining factor in our sexuality.
Infant vervet monkeys do not automatically react appropriately to alarm calls. This suggests that responses to alarm calls are:
A) ?reflexive. B) ?classically conditioned. C) ?not evidence of communication. D) ?learned.