The “high road” where messages are sent from the thalamus to the visual cortex and then back to the amygdala, allowing your perceptions (or interpretations) to affect your emotions, is called the __________
a. rapid subcortical pathway
b. prefrontal pathway
c. slower cortical pathway
d. reflexive pathway
c. slower cortical pathway
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While communal relationships are based on a norm of mutual respect and concern, exchange relationships are based on a norm of ________________
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One problem with the cognitive appraisal theory of emotion is that when one experiences strong arousal without any obvious cause, such arousal tends to be
a. ignored. b. interpreted as neutral. c. interpreted as positive. d. interpreted as negative.
Which of the following is FALSE of the sensorimotor stage?
a) It is in this stage that children understand their world via movements and actions. b) The early behaviors during this stage are mostly innate but become more cognitively advanced as the stage progresses. c) It contains the mastering of the law of conservation. d) The major accomplishment during this stage is the eventual development of object permanence.
Which of the following statements is true regarding the formal operational stage of Piaget's theory of cognitive development?
A. This is the second stage of cognitive development. B. During this stage formal logic becomes possible. C. Typically, children between the ages of 2 to 4 years are in this stage. D. During this stage children learn the concept of object permanence.