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| Freezing is a defense that would most likely be seen in what type of animal? |
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| Imagine that you are experiencing extreme fear states. If you could alter the activity of a single brain region to reduce a fear state, what could you do? |
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| Inactivate the central amygdaloid nucleus. |
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| The Scarecrow from the Wizard of Oz is no longer fearful. If the Wizard had not given him a badge of courage, his behavior could be explained by suggesting that his _____________ was destroyed. |
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| The part of the brain that projects to regions of the hypothalaums, midbrain, pons, and medulla that is responsible for expression of the various components of emotional responses. |
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| The intergration of the components of fear appears to be controled by the |
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| Exposing a male to an injection of testosterone during puberty will most likely result in (aggesive/docile) behavior. |
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| The _______ appears to be important stimulating male sexual behavior as well as mediating the mediating the effects of androgens on intermale aggression. |
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| medial preoptic area (MPA) |
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| When one gets cut off while driving on the freeway the urge to chase down the offender and run him off the road is mediated by the __________. |
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| A decrease in prefrontal activity corresponds to (increase/decrease) in social behavior. |
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| decrease; or antisocial behavior |
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| Being that the preforntal cortex receives a major projection of serotonegic axons, what might be a good food to eat to increase the activity of the prefrontal cortex? |
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| The part of the brain that receives direct inputs from dorsomedial thalamus, temporal cortex, ventral tegmental area, olfactory stsytem, and amygdala. |
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| The part of the brain who's outputs go to the cingulate cortex, ippocampal formation, temporal cortex, lateral hypothalamus, and amygadala. |
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| What did the accident to Phineas Gage demonstrate? |
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| The orbitalfrontal cortex plays an important role in emotional behavior. |
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| The part of the brain that serves as an interface between brain mechanisims in automatic emotional response and those involved in the control of complex behavior. |
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| T/F: The orbital cortex is directly involved in making judgments and conclusions about events. |
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| F: It is involved in translating the judgements into appropriate feelings and behaviors |
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| If a person is deficient in 5-HT, he will most likely become involved in (high/low) risk behaviors. |
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| Why does Prozac decrease irratability and aggression? |
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| Prozac in a 5-HT agonist. |
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| Higher levels of 5-HT mean (higher/lower) levels of aggression? |
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| Studies by vom Saal (1983) suggest that a prenatal female rat located between two male rats in the mother's fetus will be (more/less) aggressive due to the amount of ___________ to which she is exposed. |
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| A prenatal rat that is located between two male rats is known as the ____ female. |
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