The part of the brain responsible for emotional behavior such as experiencing rage, terror, or pleasure is the ________
a. amygdala
b. hippocampus
c. thalamus
d. hypothalamus
Answer: d
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a. competes with all possible tics. b. is incompatible with routine behaviors. c. interferes with a particular tic. d. can be monitored by others.
It appears from research with cats that one function of the messages from the pons to the spinal cord is to prevent us from ____
a. dreaming b. sleeping too soundly c. acting out our dreams d. having difficulty falling asleep
__________ work to increase the likelihood that a behavior will be strengthened, whereas __________ work to decrease the likelihood that a behavior will be strengthened
a. Positive reinforcers; negative reinforcers b. Primary reinforcers; secondary reinforcers c. Negative reinforcers; punishments d. Primary positive reinforcers; primary negative reinforcers
Which is an example of retrieval from lexical memory?
a. A person rehearses the digits that are just presented. b. A person uses a sentence with the word “onomatopoeia” in it. c. A person remembers the sunset she saw on her vacation in Hawaii. d. A person shoots a jumpshot in basketball.