The Amygdala and Hippocampus Are Located in Which Part of the Brain

question 20

Multiple Choice

The amygdala and hippocampus are located in which part of the brain?

• A) the posterior parietal lobes
• B) the medial temporal lobes
• C) the left frontal lobe
• D) the right temporal lobe

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Definitions:

Attention Bias

The tendency of an individual's perception to be affected by their recurring thoughts at the expense of other stimuli.

Representativeness Heuristic

The tendency to make judgments about group membership based on physical appearances or the match between a person and one’s stereotype of a group rather than on available base rate information.

Divergent Thinking

Thinking that produces many solutions to the same problem.

Convergent Thinking

Thinking that produces the single best solution to a problem.