Alison's bathroom scale will not register a weight of more than 130 pounds. Alison does not realize this and therefore is unaware that she has put on a few pounds until she begins to notice how tight her clothes are. This illustrates the confound of a _____ effect
a. ceiling
b. floor
c. practice
d. fatigue
a
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Scott has heart damage that his doctor says is due to prolonged stress from caring for a child with a serious, incurable illness. The doctor explains that the damage is probably due to high levels of adrenaline and cortisol produced by his body over a long period of time. Hans Selye would say that Scott is in the ____ stage of the general adaptation syndrome.?
a. ?alarm reaction b. ?catastrophic c. ?exhaustion d. ?resistance
When patients with severe depression are deprived of REM sleep:
a. the depression is often lessened b. their depression generally becomes much worse c. they develop parasomnias linked to the depression d. they become more prone to disturbances such as sleep apnea
Anesthetics work primarily by shutting down the ______
a. limbic system b. endocrine system c. dopamine receptor sites d. reticular formation
Basic emotions
A) are not evident in nonhuman primates. B) are all present at birth. C) have no evolutionary history of promoting survival. D) are universal in humans.