The taste nerves initially project to the ____
a. nucleus of the tractus solitarius
b. cerebral cortex
c. hypothalamus
d. orbital prefrontal cortex
a
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A. bystander apathy B. social loafing C. groupthink D. conformity
According to the discussion at the beginning of the section on gender comparisons in cognitive abilities, there is usually a large overlap in the distribution of females' and males' scores. An important implication of this finding is that
a. on most tests, most men score higher than most women. b. researchers' expectations probably caused the overlap. c. men's scores are more variable than women's scores. d. many men and women will receive similar scores.
The dominant force in American psychology from the early 1920s until the 1960s was ____
a. ?psychoanalytic theory b. ?structuralism c. ?humanism d. ?behaviorism
The brain waves typical of NREM sleep appear to be the result of
A. activity progressing from the pons to the lateral geniculate nucleus to the occipital cortex. B. activity in the POA of the hypothalamus. C. synchronization of cortical neurons by the thalamus. D. desynchronization of cortical neurons by the thalamus.