During prolonged periods of stress, which area of the brain is activated?
a) Hippocampus.
b) Hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal axis.
c) Thalamic.
d) Limbic system.
b
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Theories based on social learning theory posit that most boys might adopt traditional male gender roles because they receive social reinforcers for imitating male role models. By contrast, Freud's psychosexual theory states that boys resolve their unconscious castration anxiety, known as the _____, by adopting traditional male gender roles. In evaluating these theories, the social learning theory
is preferred because it is _____. A) genital stage; falsifiable B) phallic stage; more general C) Oedipus complex; more parsimonious D) psychosexual complex; testable
Caffeine consumption does NOT generally result in ______.
a. increased concentration b. decreased fatigue c. increased ability to problem solve d. delusions
Healthy axons sometimes respond to the degeneration of adjacent axons by developing __________ that grow to the synaptic sites that have been abandoned by the degenerating axons
A) collateral sprouts B) nodes of Ranvier C) phagocytes D) Schwann cells E) dendritic spines
While employers might tolerate new employees who know
very little about their new jobs, they won't gladly suffer new employees who have no clue how to "study" their new jobs. Indicate whether this statement is true or false