Which of the Following Is True with Regard to the Use

question 23

Multiple Choice

Which of the following is true with regard to the use of technology (for example,brain scanners and monitors of brain electrical activity) in the recent study of Freud's theories?

• A) Functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) technology does not confirm the existence of unconscious emotional processes.
• B) Researchers have not yet used such technology to study Freud's theories, but they may begin to do so in the next few decades.
• C) Functional MRI technology has identified that the lateral prefrontal cortex is without question the sole location for all unconscious activity.
• D) Activity in brain regions such as the amygdala and the hippocampus supports the existence of unconscious activity, as suggested by Freud.

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Definitions:

External-Unstable Attribution

An attribution where an individual believes an event is caused by changeable, external factors.

Stable-Controllable Attribution

An explanation pattern where success or failure is attributed to factors that are both lasting (stable) and can be influenced by the individual (controllable).

Luck

The phenomenon and belief that defines the experience of notably positive, negative, or improbable events.

Self-Perception Theory

Self-Perception Theory suggests that individuals develop their attitudes and feelings by observing their own behavior and concluding what attitudes must have caused them.