The area of the brain primarily responsible for higher mental processes such as thinking and language is the cerebral _____
a) callosum.
b) cortex.
c) cerebellum.
d) white matter.
Answer: d
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a. latent learning b. response chaining c. operant stimulus discrimination d. operant stimulus generalization
________ approaches to personality are theories that suggest that important components of personality are inherited.
A. Learning B. Trait C. Social cognitive D. Biological and evolutionary
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