Leptin directly activates receptors in the part of the hypothalamus known as the ____
a. paraventricular nucleus
b. ventromedial hypothalamus
c. arcuate nucleus
d. lateral preoptic area
c
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What is the main reason we tend to make attributions about the causes of events, others' behavior, and our own behavior?
a. We have a strong need to understand our experiences. b. Attribution making was selected for at some point in our ancestral past. c. We have an unconscious urge to psychoanalyze the behavior of others. d. Having access to information about others tends to fulfill our need for power.
A property of measurement in which the ordering of numbers reflects the ordering of the variable represents the _____ property, and a property of measurement in which a difference of 1 is the same amount throughout the scale represents the _____ property
a. identity; equal unit size b. magnitude; equal unit size c. magnitude; absolute zero d. equal unit size; absolute zero
Which type of psychologist would be interested in memory loss in elderly individuals?
a. Social psychologist b. Health psychologist c. Counseling psychologist d. Forensic psychologist e. Geropsychologist
Learned helplessness is demonstrated in laboratory animals by
A. creating aversive stimuli (such as electrical shocks to the foot) that the animal can control. B. creating aversive stimuli (such as electrical shocks to the foot) that the animal cannot control. C. creating pleasant stimuli (such as a food pellet) that the animal cannot control. D. creating pleasant stimuli (such as a food pellet) that the animal can control.