If Jamie has trouble sleeping, he usually gets up
and munches on some cookies, pretzels, or dry cereal, and this seems to help him sleep. This sleep-inducing technique
a. precipitates a placebo effect only.
b. increases the amount of tryptophan reaching his brain and increases serotonin levels.
c. is known as the paradoxical intention, since eating should prevent sleep.
d. decreases the norepinephrine and dopamine levels in the brain, resulting in sleep.
ANSWER: b
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A) an aversion to the suffering of other people. B) caring behaviour taught by primary caregivers. C) an emotional experience caused by a preconventional morality. D) the moralistic shift from prescriptions to principles.
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A. meta-ethics B. normative ethics C. applied ethics D. practical ethics