The ________ plays a key role in the extinction of drug responding.

a. orbitofrontal cortex
b. ventromedial prefrontal cortex (vmPFC)
c. hypothalamus
d. hippocampus
e. amygdala


Answer: b. ventromedial prefrontal cortex (vmPFC)

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Imagine that a researcher conducts a study in which the

participants are either strongly for or strongly against allowing openly gay soldiers to serve in the military. The researcher presents participants with a policy that is supposedly endorsed by an authority with views similar to their own. What are the results of such a study likely to indicate? A) Participants are most likely to be convinced by a policy that is dissimilar to their own ideas. B) Participants are most likely to be convinced by a policy that is similar to their own ideas. C) Participants are most likely to be convinced only by a policy with strong evidence. D) Participants are unlikely to be convinced on the basis on authority alone.

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Because the _____ is the rational part of the personality, it sometimes plays referee between the wishes of the _____ and the _____

a) superego; id; ego. b) id; superego; ego. c) unconscious; id; ego ideal. d) ego; id; superego.

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Isabella is 4. What nutrients does she need to help maintain normal body growth and functions?

A) proteins B) fats C) minerals D) carbohydrates

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