Dan and Katelyn, both 17 years old, are experiencing infatuated loved for each other. Would what brain scans reveal?
A. their reward/pleasure centers are activated; those that are involved in reason and judgment show reduced activity
B. brain areas involved in emotion are highly activated
C. increased activation in cerebral cortex
D. decreased activation of the reward/pleasure centers and more activation in the areas that govern negative emotion
Answer: A
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Tony isn't very concerned about his public image and doesn't expend much effort trying to make people like him. He probably would score low on a test of
A) deception motivation. B) self-monitoring. C) private self-consciousness. D) self-handicapping.
The purpose of a debriefing session at the end of study is primarily to
A) collect contact information for the participants in case you need to reach them in the future B) ask participants if they liked the study C) ask participants if they would like to file a report with the IRB D) explain the nature and purpose of the experiment to participants