Brain images from psychotic patients exhibiting a flat affect reveal that
a. their facial muscles are physically paralyzed.
b. their brains are processing emotions abnormally.
c. they have experienced a small stroke due to their hyperemotionality.
d. their blood pressure and heart rate are abnormally slowed due to parasympathetic rebound.
B
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A. sexual desires B. aggressive tendencies C. a self-actualizing tendency D. personality traits
Which of the following statements is true regarding hypertension in the United States?
a. African-Americans are more likely to develop hypertension and have hypertensive vascular diseases than Caucasians. b. African-Americans are just as likely to develop hypertension and have hypertensive vascular diseases than Caucasians. c. African-Americans are less likely to develop hypertension and have hypertensive vascular diseases than Caucasians. d. Only African-Americans of a certain genetic variant are more likely than Caucasians to develop hypertension and have hypertensive vascular diseases than Caucasians.
What is the relationship between vesicles and neurotransmitters?
A) Neurotransmitters release vesicles. B) Neurotransmitters contain vesicles. C) Neurotransmitters are packaged in vesicles. D) Neurotransmitters travel across vesicles.
Elizabeth just found out that her boss wants to see her tomorrow and she is worried about the reason for that meeting. Robert broke his ankle in a pick-up game of football. If we could image Elizabeth's and Robert's brains at the time of their "hurts," what would we expect to see?
a. Elizabeth and Robert would show similar patterns of activity in their anterior cingulate cortices b. Elizabeth and Robert would both show activity in their anterior cingulate cortices, but Robert's activity would be much more dramatic than Elizabeth's. c. Elizabeth would show greater activity in her amygdala, whereas Robert would show greater activity in his anterior cingulate cortex. d. Elizabeth would show greater activity in her anterior cingulate cortex, whereas Robert would show greater activity in his amygdala.