The ________ regulates almost all of our major drives and motives, including hunger, thirst, temperature, and sexual behavior.

A. amygdala
B. hippocampus
C. hypothalamus
D. basal ganglia


Answer: C

Psychology

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Which of the following is true of the temporal lobe?

A. It is above the occipital lobe. B. It is responsible for our ability to locate an object relative to our body. C. It is only on the right side of the brain. D. It contains the auditory cortex.

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Quisley's hypothesis is that listening to classical music improves intellectual performance. He randomly divided a mathematics class into two rooms. In room A, music by Mozart played softly in the background during a lecture. In room B, the students listened to a lecture without background music. The independent variable is

A. whether music played during a lecture. B. mathematical performance. C. the level of mathematics taught. D. present only in the control group.

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Sometimes avoidance is the best way to handle a conflict

A) ?True. B) ?False.

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