Cassidy, who has been awake for 36 hours, is able to easily fight off the urge to sleep due to a(n) __________ effect.
A. homeostatic
B. allostatic
C. circadian
D. serotonergic
Answer: B
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Which of the following is a criterion for diagnosing oppositional defiant disorder, according to DSM-5?
a. often blurts out an answer before a question has been completed b. scores above the mean on the verbal portion of the IQ test but below the mean in reading c. often argues with authority figures or, for children and adolescents, argues with adults d. has committed at least two index offenses
"My father poisons my food, and my mother has hired a hit man to shoot me. My boss is plotting to humiliate me, and my neighbor spies on me." These comments illustrate the schizophrenic symptom known as ____
a. anhedonia c. delusions of persecution b. catatonia d. delusions of grandeur
Research on schemas suggest that they
A. increase the accuracy of our memories. B. influence what details are retained from our experiences. C. affect how long our memories are retained in long-term storage. D. increase our working memory capacity.
The death of neurons following a stroke is caused by
A) over-stimulation of nerve cells by abnormally high levels of glutamate. B) neuronal firing produced by compression. C) interruption of glycogen delivery to the cell. D) enhanced release of the inhibitory transmitter GABA. E) loss of oxygen radicals.