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What did Stanley Milgram's obedience experiments primarily demonstrate about human behavior?
Answer: People are surprisingly willing to obey authority figures even when asked to harm others
Milgram's experiments showed that a majority of participants administered what they believed were dangerous electric shocks simply because an authority figure instructed them to do so.
Which neurotransmitter is most directly associated with the brain's reward and pleasure pathways?
Answer: Dopamine
Dopamine plays a central role in the brain's reward system, reinforcing behaviors that produce pleasure and motivation.
In classical conditioning, what is the term for a previously neutral stimulus that now elicits a conditioned response?
Answer: Conditioned stimulus
A conditioned stimulus is a formerly neutral stimulus that, after being paired with an unconditioned stimulus, comes to trigger a conditioned response.
Which stage of Erik Erikson's psychosocial development involves the conflict of identity versus role confusion?
Answer: Adolescence
Erikson identified adolescence as the stage where individuals struggle to establish a personal identity or risk experiencing role confusion.
What does the term 'cognitive dissonance' describe?
Answer: Psychological discomfort from holding two contradictory beliefs simultaneously
Cognitive dissonance, introduced by Leon Festinger, is the mental stress experienced when a person holds two or more contradictory beliefs, values, or attitudes.
Which lobe of the cerebral cortex is primarily responsible for processing visual information?
Answer: Occipital lobe
The occipital lobe, located at the back of the brain, contains the primary visual cortex and is the main center for visual processing.