Subjecting rats to extreme sleep deprivation results in severe weight loss, indicating impairments of _____ functioning.

A) hippocampal
B) prefrontal cortex
C) hypothalamus
D) basal ganglia


C) hypothalamus

Psychology

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a. ?seeing another person trip and assuming the person is uncoordinated b. ?receiving an A on a test and thinking that the test was easy c. ?being turned down for a job and believing that the interviewer was biased against you d. ?watching another person play the guitar and thinking the person is very talented

Psychology

Aiden, a pilot, was disturbed to learn that chronic jet lag can result in permanent deficits in _____

Fill in the blank with correct word

Psychology

What have anthropologists concluded regarding the proximity of mothers and infants during infancy? For 99% of human history, infants were _____

a. cared for by their older sisters b. only picked up during feeding c. bound or close to their mothers almost constantly d. separated from their mothers for sleeping

Psychology

A researcher wants to determine the effect of sleep loss on human problem-solving

Subjects in an appropriate control group for such an experiment would be described as having a. much more sleep than normal. b. much less sleep than normal. c. a normal amount of sleep. d. the same amount of sleep as the experimental group.

Psychology