Peter is an aggressive man. Based on information presented in your textbook, if researchers looked at Peter's brain through an imaging technique you might expect to see:
a. a lot of brain activity in the right hemisphere.
b. not enough brain activity in the left temporal lobe.
c. too much brain activity in the left temporal lobe.
d. either not enough brain activity or too much brain activity in the left temporal lobe.
Answer: D
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Suppose that you read an article that reports gender differences in aggression in Culture A, but gender similarities in aggression in Culture B. How would the social constructionist perspective explain these results?
a. Evolutionary forces operated differently in the two cultures. b. Each culture creates its own definition of aggression. c. Aggressive behavior is favored by the school system in Culture A, but not in Culture B. d. Both cultures have adopted an essentialist perspective on gender differences.
According to Eysenck, people who have decreased reactivity the limbic system (the emotional circuits), reticular activating system, and cortex are more likely to be ______________
A) extraverts B) neurotic C) intorverts D) conscientious
When Milgram replicated his original study in 1974, but did so in a dingy storefront, the percentage of people who complied with the experimenter
a. increased from 45% to 68%. c. decreased from 65% to 48%. b. remained the same. d. decreased from 95% to 6%.
The almond shaped structure on each side of the brain that is connected to other structures in the limbic system is called the ______.
Fill in the blank(s) with the appropriate word(s).