People engage in some activities because they find the activities intrinsically interesting. Such activities are said to be
a. self-determined.
b. self-rationalized.
c. self-actualized.
d. explicitly motivated.
A
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Regarding the experiments using intracranial self-stimulation of the pleasure centers, which of the following statements is FALSE?
a. When given the choice, rats preferred food, water, or sex to pressing the bar to receive brain stimulation. b. Some of the rats constantly pressed the lever to get brain stimulation for 15 to 20 hours, collapsing from exhaustion. c. Psychoactive drugs, such as alcohol and cocaine, activate the same pleasure pathways that are activated by intracranial self-stimulation. d. Humans have been "wired" for brain stimulation experimentally to restrain uncontrollable outbursts of violence.
Steve was recalling his first day in college, including walking into the wrong class, dropping his books as he left, and the long line at the registrar's office he encountered when he had to switch classes. These memories are examples of
a. semantic memory. b. implicit memory. c. procedural memory. d. episodic memory.
According to Hamilton, we may use mental shortcuts even more in today's society because we have more time to think things through
a. True b. False
Electrolytic lesions of the ventromedial hypothalamus __________, whereas electrical stimulation __________.
A. results in inability to process carbohydrates; inhibits eating B. inhibit eating; produces overeating C. produces overeating; results in inability to process carbohydrates D. produce overeating to obesity; inhibits eating