Explain how drugs of abuse may act via the same pathway as that of natural rewards.
What will be an ideal response?
The mesolimbic dopamine system terminates in the nucleus accumbens. Food for a hungry rat and water for a thirsty rat cause the release of dopamine from the nucleus accumbens, as do drugs that are self-administered (e.g., cocaine and amphetamine).
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Research indicates that the effects of social desirability are ____ in computer-administered interviews as compared to face-to-face interviews
a. increased b. decreased c. about the same d. increased for sensitive subject areas
The idea that we remember life events better because we encounter the information over and over in what we read, see on TV, and talk about with other people is called the
a. narrative rehearsal hypothesis. b. cognitive hypothesis. c. life-narrative hypothesis. d. reminiscence hypothesis.
A potential drawback of secondary sources is that they ____
a. typically do not contain detailed information about any specific study b. often cover a decade or more of research in a given area c. provide detailed information about research methods but little about results d. offer no statistical analysis in support of their conclusions
Piaget used the classic ______ task to assess preoperational children's egocentrism.
A. sorting B. conservation C. three-mountain D. A-not-B