Author Question: Cindy brought a fake rubber snake into the lab where her rhesus monkeys lived. Most of the monkeys ... (Read 176 times)

newbem · **on:** Jun 22, 2018

Cindy brought a fake rubber snake into the lab where her rhesus monkeys lived. Most of the monkeys responded with fear vocalizations, but one did not. Cindy knew this monkey had been in a lesion experiment prior to coming to her lab, but she didn't know what type of lesion had been done. What would you tell Cindy about her monkey?

a. He probably didn't have a lesion at all, as ignoring fake snakes is considered normal for rhesus monkeys.
b. He probably had a lesion in the hippocampus of both hemispheres.
c. He probably had a lesion in the amygdala of both hemispheres.
d. He probably had a lesion of the ventromedial nucleus of the hypothalamus.

Question 2

Students in a biological psychology laboratory were investigating the ability of rats to form associations between tones and electrical shock. Lesions to which of the following structures would make it very difficult for the students to teach their rats to be afraid of the tones?

a. the nucleus accumbens
b. the amygdala
c. the substantia nigra
d. the hypothalamus