Chapter 5 questions

Question 1

What is an EEG

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gross index of brain activity, averaging the activity of billions of neurons

Question 2

timely bright fluorescent light does what?

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makes a person sleepy

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During rem sleep EEG waves resemble - waves, muscles become more- and breathing and heart rate becomes-

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Beta, relaxed, more rapid

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Suprachiamsmatic nucleus is damaged, animals

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fall asleep and wake up at random times

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differences in body weight within a culture result mainly from different in- weight differences across cultures can be strongly affected by differences in-

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genes, the environment

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thirst is what state for a runner

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motivational state

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set of neurons in which activity constitutes a motivational state is called

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central drive system

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psychic blindness

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objects no longer have any psychological significance

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a feeling of being sad and upset may be labeled as — when its free floating as —- when it is associated with specific loss

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depression, grief

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release of dopamine into the nucleus accumbens:

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promotes long-term potential of neural connections in that area

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circadian-clock experiments with humans, Charles czeisler found that:

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having a few hours of bright, artificial light at night coupled with avoidance of natural light during the day could reverse subjects circadian clocks

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olds and Milner identified reward pathways in the brain by

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testing rats in an apperatus in which the rats could electrically stimulate various areas of their own brains by pressing a lever

Question 10

experiencing satisfaction after being praised by ones professor for a good class presentation would be identified as

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liking

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stress and too much caffeine during exam week cause ___ to suffer from___ or inability to sleep

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insomnia

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liking refers to the ___ and wanting refers to the ____

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feeling of satisfaction that occurs when one receives a reward: desire to obtain a reward

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emotions are Important because they

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motivate us and help us communicate

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the hormone might Daren be lacking if he can continuously eat without ever feeling full

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leptin

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motivational theories based on the idea of homeostasis attempt to explain drives in terms of

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arousal response

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hunger is an example of an____ and food is an example of the corresponding

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drive, incentive

Question 14

The EEG of a person who is awake and relaxed, with closed eyes, thinking of nothing in particular, will generally consist of ____ waves

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alpha

Question 15

Mei told her friend, Layla, to smile and be happy. According to Ekmans facial feedback theory of emotion

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if Layla smiles more she will feel happier

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what is not the 3 components of reward

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needing

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which theory predicts that a drug-induced increase in arousal will increase the intensity of the emotion felt in an emotion-inducing situation?

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Schachter’s cognition-plus-feedback theory of emotion and James peripheral-feedback theory of emotion

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According to the brain maintenance theory of REM sleep, the reason REM sleep occurs is to

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regularly exercise groups of neurons in the brain

Question 18

A lab rat received an injection of an appetite stimulator that causes it to start eating. The____ of the hypothalamus would be the most likely site of the injection

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arcuate nucleus

Question 19

whats the term for any biological change in a 24-cycle without external cues

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circadian rhythm

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what is not an incentive

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homeostasis

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all are incentives except

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hunger

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what is the necessary thing of sleep

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body-restoration theory

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the hypothalamus is the hub for the central drive system because it connects the

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brainstem, limbic system, cerebral cortex, and endocrine system

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what is the master center of appetite control and weight regulation

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arcuate nucleus

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most dreams occur in what part of sleep

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REM

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After watching her child get yelled at, she punches the man what drive is this?

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reproductive

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What is not a name for the external stimulus toward which motivated behavior is directed

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a motivator

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what EEG in sleep is the same as one awake

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REM

Question 29

In circadian-clock experiements with humans, Charles czesler found that:

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Having a few hours of bright, artificial light at night coupled with avoidance of natural light during the day could reverse subjects circadian clocks

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where are increased stimulus of emotions located

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left prefrontal cortex

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all are examples of motivational states except

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food

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Rem sleep is what?

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individuals spend increasing amounts of time in rem sleep with each sleep cycle during a night

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leptin would be ineffective as anti-obesity drug because

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the majority of obese people are not lacking leptin

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what has provided strong evidence that endorphins are involved in the liking component

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drugs increase the facial liking

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which is not a name for the external stimulus toward which motivated behavior is directed

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motivator

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what is neuron pathway is involved with the wanting component

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dopamine

Question 37

what statement accurately describes transduction of smell

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the terminals of olfactory sensory neurons contains receptor sites