The brain structure most related to fear is __________
a) the thalamus.
b) the amygdala.
c) the hippocampus.
d) the limbic system.
. b Explanation: Research has found that the amygdala is involved in the experience of fear
and the memory of fear-inducing events
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a. high MAOA b. low MAOA c. low dopamine d. high dopamine
Within a dimensional approach, disordered personality traits are seen as ______ normal personality traits.
a. identical to b. pathological extremes of c. the opposite of d. irrelevant to
Measuring how long it takes to relearn material after a time delay is known as:
a. the savings method of memory assessment b. the cued-recall method of memory assessment c. primed association memory assessment d. the implicit method of memory assessment
People who are extremely sensitive to emotional events tend to protect themselves from threatening thoughts through
a. encoding failure. b. repression. c. proactive interference. d. retroactive interference.