The amygdala
a. processes contextual information relating to the fear response b. evaluates the meaning of emotional stimuli
c. evaluates stimuli for threat potential
d. plans how to respond to emotion-provoking stimuli e. provides the subjective experience of an emotion
c
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Dysfunction in part of the nervous system has also been discussed as a possible correlate with criminal activity. Which of the following represents this finding?
A. Criminals show a lower level of autonomic arousal than noncriminals. B. Criminals show a higher level of autonomic arousal than noncriminals. C. Criminals show a lower level of somatic arousal than noncriminals. D. Criminals show a higher level of somatic arousal than noncriminals.
During your senior year of high school, you may have taken the ACT or the SAT in order to gain admittance into college. Which of the following most accurately describes these tests?
a) standardized intelligence tests b) mental age exams c) IQ tests d) aptitude tests
Stanley Schachter and Jerome Singer developed a theory of emotions that suggested there are ___ different factors that contribute to the emotions we experience
a. 1 b. 2 c. 3 d. 4
A child's gender identity is his or her
A) knowledge that he or she is a boy or girl. B) sense of being male or female. C) beliefs about what girls and boys do. D) sense of the social norms for boys' and girls' behaviors.