In his study of transcendental meditation, Benson found that meditation leads to
a. spiritual awakening. c. a relaxation response.
b. expanded consciousness. d. more intense hypnagogic states.
C
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A neuron cell body reaches threshold and depolarizes. The depolarization propagates down the length of the ____, is chemically transmitted across the ____, and directly affects the electrical potential in the ____ of the successive neuron.?
a. ?axon; synapse; dendrites b. ?dendrites; synapse; axon c. ?myelin; synapse; dendrites d. ?dendrites; receptor; axon
The tendency toward homeostasis or a steady state would cause
a. a tired person to sleep. c. a smart person to write a book. b. a rich person to give money away. d. a poor person to seek work.
Your dog jumps on you every time you get a dish out of the kitchen cabinet to feed him. You train your dog to eat only out of a square dish so that he quits jumping on you when you get out other dishes. Your dog's new behavior illustrates
a) acquisition. b) generalization. c) discrimination. d) spontaneous recovery.
Sharif has been diagnosed with obsessive-compulsive disorder
His therapist purposely asks him to think about the unwanted, intrusive, unpleasant thought. These thoughts typically trigger Sharif to feel the need to engage in a particular behavior. However, his therapist does not allow him to engage in that behavior for periods of time. The goal is to decrease and eventually eliminate the need for the compulsion. This technique is called _____ a) flooding. b) aversion therapy. c) exposure and response prevention. d) overexposure.