Patients with damage in which of the following areas are most likely to experience depression as a result?
a. the left cingulate cortex
b. the right cingulate cortex
c. the right frontal lobe
d. the left frontal lobe
d
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Regarding neurotransmission, which of the following statements is FALSE?
a. The nervous system depends on a balance between neural excitation and inhibition to function effectively. b. Excitatory effects make an action potential more likely to occur, whereas inhibitory effects make actionpotentials less likely to occur c. All neurotransmitters have both excitatory and inhibitory effects. d. Neurotransmitters that do not dock at receptor sites are decomposed in the synaptic gap or are reabsorbed by the transmitting neuron. e. Neurotransmitters carry messages controlling all aspects of human activity, from the biological to the mental to the emotional.
Concerning language development, which of the following statements is FALSE?
a. The first seven years of life are a sensitive period in language development. b. Environmental forces influence whether a person develops simple or sophisticated language. c. A biological predisposition determines if we will speak English or Vietnamese, Spanish, or Russian. d. As a child's speaking improves, parents tend to adjust their speech to the child's language ability.
The text makes an ethical critique of the Lang studies because the participants
a. electrically shocked a person with a heart condition. b. lacked informed consent. c. were deceived. d. were not debriefed.
Which of the following concepts most strongly challenges the conventional belief that one is either entirely awake and consciously aware or asleep and not consciously aware?
a) dissociation b) hypnosis c) lucid dreaming d) sleepwalking