After his surgery, HM actually improved his:

    a.    sense of humor.
    *b.    IQ score.
    c.    musical ability.
    d.    short-term memory.

Hebb believed that short-term memory:

    a.    was more important than long-term memory.
    b.    should not be distinguished from long-term memory.
    c.    was low-level memory.
    *d.    was a temporary holding station on the way to long-term memory.

Research on humans and animals has demonstrated that the storage and consolidation of recent experiences can be enhanced with direct injections of:

    *a.    epinephrine.
    b.    GABA.
    c.    acetylcholine.
    d.    endorphin.

Giving a dog a treat when it sits would be considered a(n):

    a.    punishment.
    b.    conditioned response.
    c.    unconditioned response.
    *d.    reinforcement.

The ________, which is so important for emotional processing, is essential for the extreme emotional impact that produces PTSD.

    a.    fornix
    b.    cingulate
    c.    hippocampus
    *d.    amygdala

Psychologists typically define emotion in terms of three components.

*True  
False  

Among identical twins, if one of them has PTSD, then the other is also likely to have a:

    a.    large hippocampus.
    b.    small adrenal gland.
    c.    large adrenal gland.
    *d.    small hippocampus.

Aged people with the highest cortisol levels tend to be those with the:

    *a.    greatest memory problems.
    b.    most cellulose in the diet.
    c.    largest hippocampus.
    d.    greatest amount of social support.

The classical illness behaviors such as fever, sleepiness, and lack of appetite are caused by:

    a.    antibody production.
    *b.    the immune system's production of cytokines.
    c.    toxins released by pathogens.
    d.    decreased brain activity.

In people with an uncommon condition called pure autonomic failure, output from the autonomic nervous system to the body fails, either completely or almost completely.

*True  
False