Samantha jumps with fear as she feels a hand on her shoulder while walking on a deserted path across campus. What brain structure played a key role in Samantha's fearful reaction?
a. medulla
b. hippocampus
c. cerebral cortex
d. amygdala
D
You might also like to view...
Little Albert was conditioned to be afraid of
a. John Watson. b. a laboratory rat. c. the fur collar on a woman's coat. d. the laboratory setting.
Dr. Ique has organized her lecture on intellectual ability around different skills that she has placed into meaningful groups. What would be the best title for Dr. Ique's lecture?
a. Plasticity Forever b. You and Your Primary Mental Abilities c. Rites of Passage Around the World d. Avoiding Wernicke-Korsakoff Syndrome
Cross-cultural research on close relationships
a. is largely limited to romantic relationships. b. indicates that cultures vary on their emphasis on romantic love as a prerequisite for marriage. c. shows that views of love and marriage are linked to a country's values and to its economic health. d. include all of these.
Most psychologists would agree that the most widely used intelligence tests:
a. have good predictive validity for academic performance b. are valid for differentiating fluid and crystallized intelligence c. have high validity for predicting creativity d. are not valid because they are seriously racially biased