You Are Trying to Get an Unobtrusive Measure of Perceived

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Multiple Choice

You are trying to get an unobtrusive measure of perceived threat from an out-group member. Fortunately, you are able to monitor brain activity in real time. Which of the following brain areas would you look at to detect this perceived threat?

• A)Hypothalamus
• B)Thalamus
• C)Frontal cortex
• D)Amygdala
• E)Pituitary gland

Understand the principles and applications of deductive and inductive reasoning.

Identify common biases and errors in reasoning, including confirmation bias, the effect of prior beliefs, and the influence of heuristic thinking.

Distinguish between formal and everyday reasoning and its implications on problem-solving.

Analyze the structure and validity of arguments in deductive reasoning.

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