Because the amygdala receives information from the thalamus before it receives information from the cortex, you:
A) are hard-wired to fear animals such as snakes.
B) can be afraid of something without knowing exactly what it is.
C) would be best served to delay making important decisions for 24 hours.
D) will only have fast emotional responses to life-and-death situations.
B) can be afraid of something without knowing exactly what it is.
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For children who resist temptation in the marshmallow experiment, what hap pens later in life?
a. They are about the same as anyone else, both socially and academically. b. They have an above-average probability of drug or alcohol abuse c. They tend to be shy and introverted. d. They are conscientious and they do better than average academically.
Hovland's approach to the use of fear in persuasion is based on ____ theory
a. cognitive-behavioral b. psychodynamic c. moral development d. learning
According to the _____ principle, development starts globally and undifferentiated
a. cephalocaudal b. biogenetic c. proximodistal d. orthogenetic
In a study of teens who played Wii tennis against a competitor, the number of calories expended during the exercise was ____________________
a. less than that expended playing tennis on a court b. similar to that expended playing tennis on a court c. greater than that expended playing tennis on a court d. insufficient to be relevant to fitness or health