The ______ is involved in assigning emotional significance to events and is crucial in encoding information relevant to emotional experiences.
A. thalamus
B. fornix
C. hippocampus
D. amygdala
D. amygdala
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As 79-year-old Joe mentally reviews his life, he cannot help smiling to himself. He believes he married and spent over 40 years with the most wonderful woman in the world, helped to raise three fine children, and was successful in his career as an accountant. At this point in his life, Joe is experiencing
a. integrity. b. identity. c. generativity. d. intimacy.
Clyde is quite a character. He is very well liked by some people in his class but is very much disliked by some others. Clyde is a good example of a(n) ____ child
a. popular b. rejected c. average d. controversial
Which of the following descriptions of the lobes of the cortex is incorrect?
a. frontal—involved with personality and emotion b. parietal—involved with motor behaviors c. temporal—involved with processing auditory experience d. occipital—involved with processing visual information
Regarding the changes in the brain that occur in adolescence, it is most accurate to say that ____.?
a. ?the changes occur because of extreme peer group and social experiences b. ?they are the last developmental changes to occur in one’s lifetime c. ?they are the cause of most typical teenage behavior d. ?the changes correlate with some typical aspects of teenage behavior