In a recent study using fMRI, participants tasted the same wine when they thought it was inexpensive and when they thought it was expensive. Participants enjoyed the wine more when they believed it was expensive. This was correlated with increased activity in which brain region?
A) the olfactory bulb
B) the medial orbitofrontal cortex
C) the basal ganglia
D) the hypothalamus
C) the basal ganglia
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Layla was at the bar when she met Steve
He seemed like a nice guy and Layla was excited to get his phone number. He told her his number and then left when she realized she had nothing to write with. She could not program his number into her cell phone because her battery had just died. What should Layla do in order to increase her chances of remembering the number until she has an opportunity to write it down? a) She should use displacement. b) She should give up because there is no way she'll remember it. c) She should utilize metacognition. d) She should use rehearsal.
What type of degree is generally offered only in clinical and counseling psychology?
a. PhD b. PdD c. PsyD d. MD
Which of these is not a key assumption in Zajonc's model of social facilitation?
(a) people have a response hierarchy, in that in a given situation there is a most probable response, a second most probable one, etc. (b) arousal increases the probability that the dominant response will be made (c) the presence of others increases arousal (d) behavior in the presence of high arousal is more efficient than in the presence of low arousal