Brain-imaging studies show lower metabolic activity of the __________ in clinically depressed people.

A. temporal lobe
B. prefrontal cortex
C. medulla
D. hippocampus


Answer: B

Psychology

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Glinnis is pedaling her bicycle through the park. She is relying on her __________ nervous system to help her pedal.

A. sympathetic B. somatic C. parasympathetic D. autonomic

Psychology

According to Rudmin, Ferrada-Noli, and Skolbekken (2003), in addition to sociocultural change, _____ predict suicide incidence rates

a) specific political factors b) specific cultural dimensions c) inconsistently correlated economic dimensions d) inconsistently correlated social elements

Psychology

The principle that human development is genetically determined and that it operates in terms of the unfolding of stages in an invariant sequence is the:

a. epiphenomenon principle b. epigenetic principle c. ego psychology principle d. unfolding stage principle

Psychology

The brain structure most related to fear is __________

a) the thalamus. b) the amygdala. c) the hippocampus. d) the limbic system.

Psychology