Jamie had a stroke, and as a result, she lost her preoptic area of the hypothalamus. What would be the most significant change in her behavior?
a. She will be unable to tell if she is hungry.
b. She will not stop eating even when full.
c. She will not realize that she is getting frostbite after being in the cold too long.
d. She will be unable to tell if she is thirsty.
C
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Describe some of the key characteristics of Hervey Cleckley's description of psychopathy? What are the key characteristics of the DSM definition of antisocial personality disorder?
Answer:
The research about women's fears of rape concludes that
a. women and men feel equally unsafe at night; however, women fear rape, whereas men fear being robbed. b. women typically take many precautions to avoid being raped by a stranger at night. c. women take some precautions to avoid being raped by a stranger, but they take even more precautions to avoid being raped by an acquaintance. d. women seem to be unaware of the potential danger of being alone at night.
Decreased responsiveness to a stimulus after repeated presentations of the stimulus is referred to as ________.
Fill in the blank(s) with the appropriate word(s).
If a person starts reasoning from a particular fact or facts, e.g., an apple falling, in order to arrive at a general proposition, e.g., the law of gravity, one is using the reasoning process called _______.
a. empiricism b. deduction c. induction d. rationalism