According to the biological perspective, a person with phobia has elevated activation in which part of the brain?

A. amygdala
B. hippocampus
C. hypothalamus
D. corpus callosum


Answer: A

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b. regression to the early psychosexual stages of development. c. application of a strict behavioral program that includes reinforcement for each display of progress and punishment when necessary. d. removal of any benefits that patients receive for limitations imposed by the disorder.

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A 2006 meta-analysis by Weisz, Jensen-Doss, and Hawley (2006) on the effects of psychotherapy administered to youth of various backgrounds, symptom types, and symptom severity, found that

a. evidence-based treatment produced better outcomes both at the end of treatment and also at follow-up. b. evidence-based treatment produced better outcomes at the end of treatment, but not at follow-up. c. evidence-based treatment produced outcomes similar to treatment as usual at the end of treatment, but better outcomes at follow-up. d. evidence-based treatment produced outcomes similar to treatment as usual both at the end of treatment and also at follow-up.

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Mateo is 70 years old and had a stroke last year. He is now unable to remember how to get to and return from his new doctor's office using a specific route. The brain structure that was potentially damaged by the stroke was the ________

a) amygdala b) hypothalamus c) hippocampus d) cerebellum

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Berkeley argued that Locke’s primary qualities all came from the act of ____

a. intuition c. anticipation b. perception d. sensation

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