You are about to undergo a painful medical procedure. Which of the following would NOT be likely to reduce your pain?
a. listening to music through headphones
b. using counterirritation
c. having the painful parts of the procedure occur without any warning
d. having the doctor explain everything that will happen
C
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Which of the following groups have relatively low levels of alcoholism?
a. Greeks and Italians b. Italians and Asians c. Greeks and Asians d. Asians e. Greeks, Italians, and Asians
A new science fiction book you're reading describes an evil country wanting to take over the rest of the world by preventing their enemies from forming new long-term memories. How would you do it?
A. putting a chemical into the water supply that destroys the amygdala B. devise a propaganda plan that would introduce source misattribution C. preventing state-dependent learning from occurring D. putting a drug into the water supply that prevents long-term potentiation
A false belief that is firmly and consistently held despite contradictory evidence or logic is a ____
a. distortion b. loose association c. delusion d. hallucination
When an individual is awake but relaxed, ______.
A. brain waves are desynchronized because activity in different areas of the brain falls into different rhythms B. brain waves are synchronized because activity in different areas of the brain falls into similar patterns C. brain waves consist of very consistent spikes, since there are periods of spontaneous neural firings anytime a person is awake D. the EEG is characterized by fast, irregular brain waves