Which of the following is most likely true of Amara, whose amygdala was damaged during a car accident?
A. She cannot concentrate for a long period of time.
B. She is completely unemotional.
C. She cannot experience the emotion of happiness.
D. She has a difficult time expressing fear and its related emotions.
Answer: D
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A. It assumes that the Y chromosome is the sex chromosome for a male. B. The question assumes that the Y chromosome is a dominant allele. C. It assumes that the female determines the sex of the child, when, in fact, it's the male. D. It assumes that the Y chromosome is the sex chromosome for a female.
When children hear a new word in a familiar context, they can simply add the word to the general category without fully understanding the word. This is called
lexical addition. categorical embellishment. vocabulary expansion. fast-mapping.
Research into demographic differences in the rates of major depression, or clinical depression as it is often called, suggests that
A) men and woman have similar rates of diagnosis in the United States.. B) men are more likely than women to be diagnosed with the disorder in the United States. C) men are less likely than women to be diagnosed with the disorder in the United States. D) there are no age, gender, or racial differences in the prevalence of the disorder in the United States.
As children approach adolescence, the basis for dominance over peers
a. becomes ambiguous. b. shifts from the use of physical aggression to interpersonal skills. c. shifts from the use of interpersonal skills to physical aggression. d. shifts from the use of interpersonal skills to intellectual skills.