Which of the following problems does NOT lead to sleep apnea?
a)enlarged tonsils
b) airway blockage
c) mental stress
d)obesity
What is c) mental stress
100
Panic reactions are the most common unpleasant side effect of __________ ( drug)use
What is LSD
100
What may be combined with past experience to yield a perception?
What is Sensations
100
What are the band of fibers called that connect the cerebral hemispheres?
What is the corpus callosum
100
What insulates and protects the axon for some neurons?
What is myelin sheath
200
Your fingers twitch and your eyes move rapidly during this stage of sleep
What is REM sleep
200
Which category of drugs relieves anxiety?
What is tranquilizers
200
The smallest increase or decrease in the intensity of a stimulus that a person can detect is the?
What is Just noticeable difference (JND)
200
Split brain operations may be performed as a last resort to control ?
What is grand mal seizures
200
Also called motor neurons, what neurons send signals from the brain to the glands and muscles?
What is efferent neurons
300
Which of the following is NOT common of hypnosis
a)to help people forget
b)to manage pain
c) to help people learn
d) to aid memory
What is d) to help people learn
300
What is the most widely used and abused mind altering substance in the United States?
What is Alcohol
300
The principle that the larger or stronger a stimulus, the larger the change required for an observer to notice a change is called?
What is Weber's law
300
Too much thyroxine results in a condition called
What is hyperthyroidism
300
The part of the brain that integrates sensory information and relays it upward is the ?
What is the midbrain
400
The psychologist who believes that consciousness includes many different aspects that may become separated or dissociated, during hypnosis is I.e. Hidden observer
Who is Ernest Hilgard
400
An overdose of this substance may cause the user to lose control of breathing and thus die from respiratory failure.
What is opium
400
The method for extracting information automatically from a stimulus is the _______________
What is preattentive process
400
Which of the following is not a neurotransmitter?
a) dopamine
b) norepinephrine
c) acetycholine
d) interneuron
What is d interneuron
400
The gland involved with immunity is
What is the thymus gland
500
The psychologist who argues that hypnosis is not a special state of consciousness but simply the result of suggestibility
Who is Theodore Barber
500
What drug is not physically addictive but may cause people to become psychologically addicted is
What is marijuana
500
In vision, what is responsible for changing light energy into neuronal impulses
What is rods and cones
500
Which of the following is not part of the peripheral nervous system
a) the autonomic nervous system
b) nerves branching out from spinal cord
c) the brain
d) the somatic nervous system
What is c the brain
500
What substance causes the liver to release stored sugar when the body requires extra energy