The part of the brain that serves as a sort of mental clipboard for holding information needed to guide organized behavior and for regulating attention is the ______.
a. hippocampus
b. amygdala
c. reticular formation
d. prefrontal cortex
D
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People born during the baby boom between 1946 and 1964 tend to be alike in ways that set them apart from people born at other times due to __________ influences
A) age-graded B) history-graded C) nonnormative D) bio-historical
Given strong narcotics regularly and in sufficient amounts, dying persons with severe pain will likely experience
a. drug dependence b. insomnia and sleepwalking c. relief from severe pain d. a comatose-like state e. drug addiction
Some research suggests that an area of the _____________ is on average smaller in brains of gay males than heterosexual males
A) hippocampus B) thalamus C) amygdala D) hypothalamus
If ________ does not occur when fixations shift between near and far objects, one sees double objects
a. visual accommodation c. vergence b. smooth visual pursuit d. visual acuity