Marina is practicing a form of meditation where the ultimate goal is for her to clear her mind of busy thoughts. She is probably engaged in ________ meditation
a) Sufist
b) concentrative
c) mindfulness
d) Zen
ANS: B, In concentrative meditation, the goal is to allow a period of time where distracting and "disquieting" thoughts are blocked out as one seeks calm and tranquility.
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b. decreased responsiveness to glutamate. c. increased responsiveness to serotonin. d. decreased responsiveness to serotonin.
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a. ketamine. b. antipsychotics. c.mood stabilizers. d. antidepressants.
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a. responding to those of a different gender differently. b. responding to each stimulus separately, depending on the stimulus characteristics. c. responding to each person differently despite obvious differences. d. responding positively only to those similar to oneself.