Which of the following is a midbrain structure that extends into the forebrain and hindbrain and helps regulate the sleep/wake cycle?
a. Reticular formation
b. Substantia nigra
c. Cerebellum
d. Ventral tegmental area
a. Reticular formation
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Why might negative emotions produce moral behavior, according to both contemporary and psychoanalytic explanations?
A. Acting badly produces a rebound effect, in which people then want to act morally. B. The experience of both morality and contempt are closely linked in nearby brain structures. C. Children may act in moral, prosocial ways to avoid feelings of personal distress or guilt. D. Negative emotions spur the id to "challenge" the superego to enact moral behavior.
According to John Bowlby, babies are born with behaviours such as crying, smiling, and cooing in order to:
A) facilitate imprinting. B) better be able to follow the primary caregiver. C) better be able to imitate the primary caregiver. D) keep the primary caregiver close to them.
Stimuli that consistently precede a rewarded response tend to influence when and where the response will occur. This is the principle of
a. partial reinforcement. b. stimulus control. c. latent learning. d. the operant effect.
If I randomlydivide students into two groups, and I give one group a fair test and the other a
trick test, and I then find that the students who took the trick test become more agitated than the others, what have I done wrong? A) did not determine a significant correlation B) used hypothetical constructs C) should not have divided them randomly D) did not make the experiment double blind