"Wired For Fear"

The brain's fear threat center is called..

• The brain stem

• The Amygdala

• The long pathway

• The freeze response

Special cells that send messages between the body and the brain are called...

• electricity

• memories

• neurons

• the five senses

Our brains process information from

• only our eyes

• our five senses

• only our ears

• only our feet

In the brain, the first place where sensory information is processed is...

• the face.

• the fight-or-flight response.

• the thalamus.

• the visual cortex.

One thing or body does when the fight or flight mode is activated is...

• Change our facial expression

• Makes us cry

• Makes us hide

• Makes us sweat

The music in the opening sequence helps create mood by...

• beginning peacefully and then becoming more intense

• beginning intense and then becoming more peaceful

• beginning serious and then becoming more silly

• beginning silly and then becoming more serious

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The video uses animation to emphasize the amygdala by...

• illustrating a flashing star around it

• showing it flashing green

• showing it flashing red

• illustrating a red circle around it

In a video, a motionless image is called...

• A dialogue

• A sound element

• An animation

• A still

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The author's purpose for making the video is...

• to show our brain is a computer

• to show that sticks can look like snakes

• to explain how our fear instinct is helpful

• to argue that getting scared is embarrassing

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The video uses...

• Music

• Animation

• Narration

• All of the above

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