Some people suffer from a form of amnesia in which they cannot learn new information
Their most recent memories seem to be only those that occurred prior to the onset of the
amnesia. These people are likely to have sustained damage to
a. thalamus.
b. amygdala
c. hippocampus.
d. corpus callosum.
e. hypothalamus.
c. hippocampus.
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Alex is only 6 months old. According to the research on children's knowledge about gender, Alex is likely to
a. view males and females the same; they're all just people to children that young. b. prefer to look at pictures of people of the same gender. c. prefer to look at pictures of people of the other gender. d. recognize that males and females belong to different categories.
Which of the following psychologists wrote an influential book on animal behavior, titled The Animal Mind, and was also the first woman to be awarded a Ph.D. in psychology?
a. Margaret Washburn b. Francis Cecil Sumner c. Inez Beverly Prosser d. Jane Goodall
To produce extinction in the traditional Pavlovian experiment, an experimenter would present the
a. visual stimulus, then the bell, followed by the meat powder. b. olfactory stimulus, then the bell, followed by the meat powder. c. bell, followed by the meat powder. d. bell alone.
In a study that controlled for mothers' motivation for having the bonding experience, what differences in mother-infant interactions were observed between women who had the critical skin-to-skin contact and those who did not?
a. Women who had the critical skin-to-skin contact bonded with their infants more than mothers who did not. b. There was no significant difference in bonding between women who had the critical skin-to-skin contact with their infants and mothers who did not. c. There were slightly significant increases in bonding between women who had the critical skin-to-skin contact with their infants and mothers who did not. d. Women who did not have critical skin-to-skin contact bonded with their infants more than mothers who did.