If you stumble upon a tarantula in the woods, your brain will transmit information about that stimulus to the _____ through two routes, the "fast pathway" and the "slow pathway."

A) frontal lobe
B) hippocampus
C) amygdala
D) pituitary gland


C) amygdala

Psychology

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Using K. Warner Schaie's stages of adult development, which issue would a senior citizen most likely be focused on and interested in?

A. educational legislation to secure a minimum wage for primary school teachers B. legislation to balance the federal budget C. legislation to enact universal health care benefits D. legislation to enact stricter environmental regulations for protection of forests and wetlands

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What is the most accurate statement regarding psychological processes?

a. They are mostly based on nature throughout a person's life. b. They are based on a complex interaction between nature and culture throughout a person's life. c. They are mostly based on nature in infancy, and mostly based on culture in childhood and adulthood. d. They are mostly based on culture in infancy and childhood, and mostly based on nature in adulthood.

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The goal established by the United States Public Health Service regarding childbirth via cesarean delivery is to

A. make cesarean delivery the standard method of childbirth by the year 2012. B. increase the incidence of cesarean deliveries from 24% to 30% of all births. C. reduce the rate of cesarean deliveries to 15%. D. reduce the number of days in the hospital following cesarean deliveries.

Psychology

High-potency, first-generation antipsychotics produce less acetylcholine antagonism than do low-potency, first-generation antipsychotics

a. True. b. False.

Psychology