The ______ is involved in assigning emotional significance to events and is crucial in encoding information relevant to emotional experiences.

A. thalamus
B. fornix
C. hippocampus
D. amygdala


D. amygdala

Psychology

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As they left the restaurant, Jack and Mimi passed by a man on a park bench who was asking for spare change. Jack put a dollar in the man's cup and smiled at him, and he and Mimi went to their car to drive home. Jack's behavior demonstrates a. egocentrism. b. centration

c. cooperation. d. altruism.

Psychology

If you can't remember whose picture is on a U.S. ten dollar bill, the most likely reason is

a. encoding failure. b. proactive interference. c. disuse. d. retroactive interference.

Psychology

A doctor enters her office and greets her patient, "Good morning, Ted.". The patient answers in an unfamiliar voice, "Ted has gone away.". The doctor asks, "Would you like to tell me your name?" "I'm Ernie, and I don't like you!" her patient replies. This patient has

a. generalized amnesia. c. dissociative fugue. b. dissociative identity disorder. d. an attitude disorder.

Psychology

All emotions have a valence, which refers to a positive or negative value along a continuum

Indicate whether this statement is true or false.

Psychology