Ayoung woman's father, who left the family when she was very young, appears and wishes to be involved in her life. the woman has a stepfather whom she loves very much. after much consideration, she decides to get to know her father better. while he does not play the role of a real father for her, she learns that seeing him occasionally is very pleasant, and she comes to think of him as a friend. based on the summary, what can a reader assume about the story's theme? is. a true friend is one who is a support in bad times as well as in good times. b. small gifts are valuable, even if they are not what one hoped for. c. it is better to aim high and be disappointed than not to try. d. forgiveness benefits the one who did wrong and the one who was wronged.

the support that the author, uses in the article facing our fears is a): a definition of the part of the brain called the amygdala.

he takes neuroscientist joseph ledoux's words by telling that by falling to distinguish between evolutionary old systems located in the amygdala and newer systems, centered in the prefrontal cortex, doctors have conflated non conscious threat circuits in the brain with circuits that underlie the conscious experience of fear. that, the author says, "leads ledoux to the jarring conclusion that the amygdala, a decades-old centerpiece of the brain's fear circuit, does not underlie the conscious feeling of fear".

despite this, the author points out in the article that that is a controversial notion and that evidence, in animal and humans, supports the idea that core emotions can exist outside of conscious awareness.