The hippocampus plays a major role in ____
a. innate sexual behavior
b. temperature regulation
c. memory
d. secretion of hormones
c
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It has been suggested that biofeedback relieves the pain of tension headaches because it "teaches people to relax," but it is more likely that
A. the patients whose pain is seemingly relieved by biofeedback are probably also taking aspirin or Tylenol. B. the biofeedback training gives patients a sense of control over their headache pain. C. biofeedback has a "numbing effect" because it affects the nerve endings in the somatic nervous system. D. patients experience a placebo effect, because the headache pain returns once the biofeedback sessions are completed.
Over time, children rely on increasingly effective __________ to solve problems
A) reflexive schemes B) dual representation C) centered thinking D) mental approaches
The __________ controls the autonomic nervous system and pituitary gland
a. hypothalamus b. somatic nervous system c. cerebral cortex d. thalamus e. brain stem