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True or false: Molly Bang proposed that horizontal lines in pictures make us feel unstable and unsafe.

What part of the brain is most associated with forming new explicit memories?

What is the primary explanation for the “tip-of-the-tongue” phenomenon?

Which early school of psychology focused on breaking down mental experiences into basic elements?

What is the function of melatonin in sleep?

Identify the option that best describes the illustrator’s choice of media. Visual Transcript Inside a cluttered bedroom, a police officer sits on a bed with a child, who is hiding a hat behind their back. An adult peers at the two from a doorway. A cat and a dog also watch the scene. The child’s belongings are scattered across the room. The illustration makes minimal use of color, but all of the color and shading look as though it has been etched into the illustration.

Which brain structure plays a key role in regulating sleep cycles?

Identify the option that best describes the illustrator’s choice(s) of media. Visual Transcript Three panels comprise a scene of a boy walking through a city. In the first panel, he walks past a fire hydrant until he approaches a bird on a postbox in the second panel. The boy looks at the bird wide eyed, mouth agape. In the final panel, he walks away, head turned to watch the bird. All of the elements have been created using mostly round, geometric shapes. Thus, even though it is not a realistic illustration, the elements are very precisely rendered.

Choose the option that best describes the illustrator’s style. Visual Transcript Two donkeys dressed in human clothes are bent toward a group of smaller, unclothed animals. The donkeys look concerned, and the other animals look up at them curiously There are toys scattered around them. In the background, there is a dog happily skipping rope while two other dogs watch. The illustration makes use of varied, pastel colors rendered in a painterly style. The animals have not been rendered realistically but in a stylized, childlike manner. The text at the bottom reads, “They talked to all the children — the puppies, the kittens, the colts, the piglets. No one had seen Sylvester since the day before yesterday.”

Match each artistic element with Molly Bang’s description or principle.