According to Focus on Neuroscience: Brain Reward When Making Eye

question 12

Multiple Choice

According to Focus on Neuroscience: Brain Reward When Making Eye Contact with Attractive People, when we make direct eye contact with a physically attractive person, a specific area on each side of the brain is activated. When the attractive person's eye gaze is shifted away from the viewer, brain activity in these areas decreases. Researchers have located two brain areas that are selectively responsive to the reward value of attractive faces: the _____ and the _____.

• A)amygdala; left ventral striatum
• B)orbital frontal cortex; right ventral striatum
• C)orbital frontal cortex; amygdala
• D)amygdala; right ventral striatum

Understand the application and importance of operational definitions in research.

Appreciate the principle of parsimony and its role in selecting theories.

Recognize the influence of hindsight reasoning on the validation of psychological theories and research.

Understand the necessity of testable and measurable constructs in psychological research.

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