Why is the enteric nervous system referred to as "the second brain?"
What will be an ideal response?
Answers may include the number of neurons (equivalent to the spinal cord) and the importance of gut-brain interactions in healthy and disordered behaviors.
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The idea that people maintain relatively constant levels of happiness or unhappiness—regardless of what happens to them—has been referred to as ____
a. the hedonic treadmill b. the broaden-and-build theory c. emotional intelligence (EQ) d. personal affective index
____ theorists emphasize attributional biases, modeling, and cognitions in their explanation of abnormal behavior
a. Behavior b. Psychodynamic c. Social learning d. Biological
Which of the following is a problem of the exemplar theory of forming concepts?
A. allows us to better store information in memory B. allows us to identify things without relearning C. exceptions never occur D. listing all the defining properties of a concept is very difficult
An individual with congenital adrenal hyperplasia will ______.
A. have typical external genitals but atypical internal genitals B. be raised as a female or as a male depending on the extent of the masculinization C. have typical internal and external genitals D. be asexual as an adult