Although It Is a Relatively Small Structure in the Brain

question 200

Multiple Choice

Although it is a relatively small structure in the brain, the ________ plays a key role in emotion in that it is responsible for making initial decisions about whether to ________.

• A) cortex; approach or withdraw from a person or situation
• B) amygalada; be happy or sad
• C) thalamus; approach or withdraw from a person or situation
• D) amygdala; approach or withdraw from a person or situation

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Definitions:

Freud

Sigmund Freud, an Austrian neurologist best known as the founder of psychoanalysis, a method for treating psychopathology.

Rest Cure

A medical treatment for mental health issues, prevalent in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, involving prolonged bed rest and isolation.

Institutionalization

The process or policy of placing individuals in an institution such as a prison, hospital, or care facility often for long-term care or treatment.

Psychotherapy

A therapeutic treatment modality that aims to help individuals understand and change complex, deep-seated, and often unconsciously based emotional problems, behaviors, and thoughts through verbal and psychological techniques.