Heather reported a boost in energy and a sense of well-being after taking a drug. Medical tests revealed increased activity of her central nervous system. The drug she took is most likely a

A. stimulant.
B. depressant.
C. tranquilizer.
D. hallucinogen.


Answer: A

Psychology

You might also like to view...

More than half of all adult Americans have durable powers of attorney for health care and living wills

Indicate whether the statement is true or false

Psychology

After a single presentation, Megan can recall her friend's long-distance telephone number and five-digit extension even though the sequence contains 15 digits. One reason for her ease of recall is that she combined the digits into smaller groups. This process is called

a. primacy effect. c. seven plus or minus two. b. recency effect. d. chunking.

Psychology

It is hard to teach pigs to use piggy banks because

(a) pigs cannot be classically conditioned; they extinguish right away (b) pigs cannot be operantly conditioned; they extinguish right away (c) pigs are simply not intelligent enough to learn (d) behavior is not infinitely flexible (e) any behavior can be conditioned, as shown by Skinner

Psychology

Without a shared system of diagnosis and classification, we could not _____

a) give anyone a diagnosis. b) keep track of statistics, such as prevalence. c) give labels to disorders. d) treat disorders.

Psychology