Anke Is Working in a Laboratory and Comes Across a Rat

question 186

Multiple Choice

Anke is working in a laboratory and comes across a rat that is grossly overweight and seems unable to stop eating.The researcher tells Anke this rat has a brain lesion.Which part of the brain most likely has the lesion?

• A) amygdala
• B) hypothalamus
• C) frontal lobe
• D) brain stem

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Definitions:

Independent Factors

Variables in an experiment that are manipulated or changed to determine their effects on the dependent variables.

Verbal Abilities

Skills related to understanding, using, and processing words and language.

Stanford-Binet

An intelligence test designed to measure human intelligence and cognitive abilities, developed as a revision of the Binet-Simon scale.

Reliability

The degree to which test scores are free from errors of measurement, also, the capacity of an instrument to provide consistent results. See “test-re-test,” “alternative forms,” and “internal consistency”.