Robert could not get used to the changing seasons; he felt hot so he wanted the air conditioning on, then he felt chilled. His sensations of being either too hot or too cold resulted from the actions of his ______.
A. suprachiasmatic nucleus of the hypothalamus
B. ventromedial hypothalamus
C. postoptic area of the hypothalamus
D. preoptic area of the hypothalamus
Answer: D
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While Nicholas was hypnotized, he was able to endure painful jaw surgery without any anesthesia. This could be taken as support for the view that hypnosis
a. causes people to act out a role. b. is the same as REM sleep. c. is the same as slow-wave sleep. d. creates a dissociation in conscious awareness.
Astrid spends a lot of time thinking about her own motivations and thoughts – about why she feels and believes and behaves the way she does. Astrid is best described as spending a lot of time in ____
a. introspection b. rumination c. reflection d. examination
Albert Bandura and his colleagues were able to get the same
findings in their observational learning research when children watched aggressive models on film as they did when children watched aggressive models in person. This lent additional support for Bandura's claims that observational learning represents a significant process by which certain behaviors are acquired. This demonstrates the critical thinking concept of _____. A) extraordinary claims B) correlation versus causation C) falsifiability D) replicability
The _____ handles unconscious functions so critical to life that damage to it is life threatening
Fill in the blank with correct word