Which brain area within the forebrain has a major role in producing emotions and motivating behaviors, including rage, fear, sexual response, and laughter?
a. somatosensory cortex
b. endocrine system
c. limbic system
d. reticular activating system
C
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A. having to work for your spending money. B. having been punished for fighting. C. knowing adults who use drugs. D. believing that there are strong sanctions against substance use at school.
Women who wait until their _____ are more likely to have preterm babies
a. the thirties c. forties b. mid-thirties d. thirties or forties
We look up a number in the phone book, push the book away, and then begin to dial the number. Why do we discourage an interruption during this process?
A. Information gained through reading lasts only 5-6 seconds. B. Short-term memory can only hold one chunk of information. C. Information lasts only 15-25 seconds in short-term memory. D. Raw sensory stimuli cannot be retained when interrupted.