Research Has Shown That There Is a Special Brain Area

question 22

Multiple Choice

Research has shown that there is a special brain area for face processing (Gauthier et al., 1999) and that cross-culturally people are very good at recognizing facial expressions for basic emotions (Ekman, 1994) . According to the text, these findings _____ support for the _____ that eyewitness identification is accurate.

• A) do not provide relevant; conclusion
• B) provide strong; conclusion
• C) provide weak; claim
• D) do not provide; assumption

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Definitions:

Months Old

A measurement of time, specifically the number of months that have passed since an individual's birth.

Classical Conditioning

A learning process that occurs when two stimuli are repeatedly paired; a response that is at first elicited by the second stimulus is eventually evoked by the first stimulus alone.

Associative Learning

The process of learning in which a connection is made between two stimuli or a stimulus and a behavior, fundamental in behavioral psychology.

Stimuli

External factors or changes in the environment that influence the behavior or responses of individuals.