According to Damasio's Somatic Marker Hypothesis, Damage to the Right

question 33

Multiple Choice

According to Damasio's somatic marker hypothesis, damage to the right frontal lobes impairs a person's ________, which then impairs his or her ________.

• A) emotional reactions to events and thoughts; ability to make decisions about what is and is not important
• B) primary visual and auditory cortexes; ability to distinguish real sensory stimulation from hallucinations
• C) reptilian brain; ability to perform creative activities as opposed to simple responses and fixed patterns of behavior
• D) ability to experience pain; fear of consequences

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Definitions:

Conflicts

Situations where opposing ideas, interests, or forces clash, leading to a disagreement or dispute.

Projective Tests

Psychological assessments that use ambiguous stimuli to elicit responses that are thought to reveal a person's unconscious thoughts, desires, and conflicts.

Ambiguous Pictures

Images or visual stimuli that can be interpreted in more than one way and often require perceptual switching to see the different interpretations.

DSM

Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, a handbook used by healthcare professionals as the authoritative guide to the diagnosis of mental disorders.