During the Wisconsin Card-Sorting Test, Stroop Test, and Chicago Word-Fluency Test, imaging has shown that subjects demonstrate activation in the _____.
A) amygdala
B) frontal lobe
C) temporal lobe
D) hippocampus
Ans: B) frontal lobe
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According to research, which behavior will result in the highest levels of decreased aggression?
a. eating fewer fried foods and sugary foods b. eating more protein and taking vitamins c. eating fewer fried foods and sugary foods, and taking vitamins d. eating more protein and starchy products
Forebrain is to ____ as hindbrain is to ____
a. alertness and attention; language, thought, and memory b. serotonin; dopamine c. higher mental functions; functions like sleep, heart rate, and respiration d. visual and spatial abilities; emotions and motivation
Clifton had been experiencing a number of psychological issues, so he decided to go to a psychiatrist to see what was wrong. Dr. A told him he had major depressive disorder. He decided to seek a second opinion. Dr. B diagnosed him with generalized anxiety disorder. Wanting yet another opinion, he went to Dr. C, who told him he was obsessive-compulsive. This demonstrates poor
A. test-retest reliability. B. concurrent validity. C. descriptive validity. D. inter-rater reliability.
Ebbinghaus found that ________
a. the rate of forgetting increased after the first few hours b. forgetting occurred at a fairly steady pace c. the rate of forgetting was slow during the first few hours, increased during the period of 6 to 12 hours after learning, then decreased again after 12 hours d. the longer he waited to relearn a list of words, the more time it took for the relearning to occur.