Scientists implanted an electrode into a specific area of a rat's brain. When the electrode was activated, which in turn activated the target area, the rat aggressively attacked a cat within the same cage. The technique being utilized by the scientists is known as

Suppose that your cousin believes that he has a vivid memory for the details surrounding the death of a famous person. This phenomenon is often called

a. a reconstructed memory. b. mood congruence. c. a semantic memory. d. a flashbulb memory.

Your text has a section on brain damage and recovery, which concludes with which of the following generalizations:

a. Brain damage that occurs prenatally can usually be remedied through medication during early childhood. b. The worst time to suffer brain damage is very early, during prenatal development and the first year after birth. c. The worst forms of brain damage tend to result from synaptic pruning that occurs over an extended period of development. d. New brain stimulation methods are dramatically decreasing the rates of negative consequences from early brain injuries.