Damage to parts of this area of the brain may have a calming effect on "mean-spirited" people and has recently been implicated in the acquisition and use of knowledge related to threat and danger. It is the

a. amygdala.
b. thalamus.
c. hippocampus.
d. hypothalamus.

Answer: a. amygdala.

Psychology

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a. nodes that are misaligned b. inadequate retrieval cues or interference c. amnesia d. misfirings in the nerves that make up the hippocampus

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"If I take my psych exam in this classroom, then I should study in this classroom.". This would be consistent with the idea of:

a. source misattribution c. levels of processing b. state-dependent learning d. nondeclarative memory

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