The HPA axis is a system activated to:
a. carry messages from special receptors in the skin to the brain.
b. control the sensory and motor nerves.
c. energize the body to respond to stressors.
d. relax the body and help it conserve energy.
C
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a. not associated with a specific life event; associated with a specific life event b. associated with a specific life event; not associated with a specific life event c. the most reliably diagnosed anxiety-related disorder; the least reliably diagnosed anxiety-related disorder d. the least reliably diagnosed anxiety-related disorder; the most reliably diagnosed anxiety-related disorder
What was the outcome of Mesmer’s proposal that 10 of his patients be treated by him and 10 be treated by members of the French Academy of Medicine, and then the results compared?
a. Mesmer’s treatment was far more effective. b. The treatment of the French Academy members was much more effective. c. The treatments of Mesmer and of the medical doctors were equally effective. d. Mesmer’s proposal was rejected.
Secondary reinforcers ____
a. ?include food, water, sex, and comfort b. ?involve those things that we gain from other people, rather than from ourselves c. ?involve those things that we gain from ourselves, rather than from other people d. ?are those things that indirectly lead to other, directly pleasurable things
An optical illusion ________________
a) is the same thing as a vision b) is due to the action of the rods versus the cones in the retina c) is a perception that does not correspond to reality d) corresponds directly to something that you dreamed