How can a person recognize that he or she is in a meditative state? List Allen's six indicators of an altered state that may be associated with meditation
What will be an ideal response?
Allen (1983) discussed six indicators of an altered state that may be associated with meditation. These are time distortion, ineffability, present-centeredness, perception distortion, enhanced receptivity, and self-transcendence.
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Dwayne isn't interested in having sex very often, and both he and his wife are distressed by this. Dwayne might meet criteria for _______
a. Female sexual interest/Arousal disorder b. Nonphilic disorder c. Male hypoactive sexual desire disorder d. Premature ejaculation
The text notes that car accidents are the largest cause of unintentional injury deaths for people aged 5–24. Consider the risk factors for unintentional injury deaths. What advice might you give a class of high school sophomores to reduce the likelihood that they “become a statistic” when they begin driving?
What will be an ideal response?
Which activity is least likely to raise Chelsea's moral reasoning to a more sophisticated level?
a. Making decisions based on social norms b. Participating in a church youth group c. Watching a peer stand up for another regardless of the consequences d. Discussing moral dilemmas with her parents
Bain's goal was to:
a. show that a science of ethology was possible b. describe the physiological correlates of mental and behavioral phenomena c. show the compatibility between J. S. Mill's concept of mental chemistry and Cartesian philosophy d. show that mental and behavioral phenomena could be explained without employing the law of contiguity