In response to stressful events, the amygdala
a. remains silent
b. experiences long-term excitation.
c. experiences long-term inhibition
d. experiences enhanced activity followed by a refractory period.
d
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A. can only be passed on if both parents have the allele for the disease B. can be passed on if one or the other parent has the allele for the disease C. can only be passed on if one parent has begun to show symptoms of the disease D. will not be passed on if one parent has the allele for the disease and the other does not
Discuss the difference between fear and anxiety.
What will be an ideal response?
Which of the following statements is FALSE?
a. Unlike crowds, which tend to remain in place, mobs are mobile: they move. b. The emotions displayed by celebratory mobs are positive rather than negative. c. Flash mobs are short-lived but deliberately formed groups of people who gather together only briefly to perform some disbanding. d. The key emotion in an aggressive mob is anger. e. Riots are mobs in which members have become so hostile that they lose all self-control.
A psychologist is working with a person who has been diagnosed as having major depression. The person rarely talks during their sessions. Then, on one visit, the person begins to talk very rapidly, describing, with great enthusiasm, elaborate plans that are not at all realistic. It would be reasonable for the psychologist to conclude that the:
a. person is near recovery b. depression was less severe than was originally diagnosed c. person is actually suffering from schizophrenia d. depression is actually bipolar disorder