The neurons of the lateral hypothalamus that release ______ help to stabilize the sleep and waking system to prevent inappropriate switching into sleep.
A. glutamate
B. serotonin
C. orexin
D. histamine
Answer: C
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a. internally? more b. internally? less c. externally? more d. externally? evenly
Marge has gone to doctors with more than twenty different somatic complaints in the past year and has had surgery four times. She has few anxiety or depressive symptoms, but doctors never satisfy her when they say, "There's nothing wrong with you physically." What is unusual about this patient?
a. People with somatic symptom disorders rarely shop around for doctors. b. People with somatic symptom disorders usually show only one physical complaint. c. Somatic symptom disorder often includes depression and anxiety. d. Somatic symptom disorder affects mostly males.
Regarding stress responses, males tend to __________ whereas females tend to __________
a. face the action; escape to freedom c. face the action; tend and befriend b. tend and befriend; withdraw d. escape to freedom; withdraw
The major finding of Walter Cannon's research into the physiological consequences of stress was that
a. psychological stress can cause a change in physical functioning that activates and assists our responses. b. psychological stress is the number one factor in the cause of heart disease. c. psychological stress, in small amounts, actually promotes cellular repair more rapidly than when that stress is absent. d. psychological stress causes the hormonal changes that mirror menopause in women and andropause in men, which is why stress so often leaves people "moody" and unpleasant.