Patients with damage to the ___________ are unable to remember emotionally salient events any better than nonemotional ones.

A. pons
B. thalamus
C. amygdala
D. hippocampus
E. hypothalamus


C. amygdala

Psychology

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Indicate whether the statement is true or false

Psychology

The differences between the two sides of the body, especially differences in the abilities of the brain hemispheres are referred to as __________

Fill in the blank(s) with correct word

Psychology

During a train trip in Louisiana in the 1890s, Homer Plessy wanted to sit in a "whites only" railroad car, but because of his ancestry (he had a black great-grandparent), he was not allowed, by law, to sit in this car. He took his claim to court; the U.S. Supreme Court eventually ruled that

A. he should have been allowed to sit anywhere he wanted. B. the statute that segregated railroad cars by race did not fail to give Plessy equal protection under the law. C. the statute that segregated railroad cars by race failed to give Plessy equal protection under the law. D. none of the above (this case never went to the Supreme Court)

Psychology

Which sexually active teenager is most likely to contract a sexually transmitted infection?

A) Jim from Canada B) Ross from the United States C) Bruna from Germany D) Milla from Finland

Psychology