Which System Within the Forebrain Has a Major Role in Producing

question 162

Multiple Choice

Which system within the forebrain has a major role in producing emotions and motivating behaviors, including rage, fear, sexual response, and laughter?

• A)somatosensory cortex
• B)endocrine system
• C)limbic system
• D)reticular activating system

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Definitions:

Observable Behavior

Actions or reactions of an individual, in response to external or internal stimuli, that are visible and measurable.

Sigmund Freud

An innovator in neurology from Austria, he introduced psychoanalysis as a method to heal psychopathologies through verbal exchanges between a patient and a psychoanalyst.

Functions

Distinctive roles or activities that an entity or process performs or serves in a system or organization.

William James

An American psychologist and philosopher who is considered one of the founding figures of modern psychology.