Module 9 Flashcards

1
Q

What point did Dr. Fatima Cody Stanford NOT make when she summarized her video presentation, “Obesity: It’s more complex that you think?”

A

Bariatric surgery should be considered as a first line treatment for obesity

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2
Q

In dopamine ramping dopamine is released in ____ as the steps required to get rewarded are completed

A

Increasing amounts

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3
Q

In temperature regulation the hypothalamus receives input from _____ in both the skin and organs

A

thermoreceptors

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4
Q

The EMG recorded ______ occurs during REM stage and is to prevent people from acting out their dreams.

A

Temporary paralysis

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5
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A heat defense response increases heat loss by way of the dilation of blood vessels in the skin (vasodilation) and vasoconstriction of the blood vessels of internal organs, by evaporative cooling or sweating.

A

Sweating

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6
Q

Areas of the brain where liking sensation can be enhanced by stimulation are called ______.

A

Hedonic hotspots

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7
Q

The hypothalamus output in temperature regulation is either to potentially threaten cooling or heating of the body as ______.

A

Cold defense and heat defense

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8
Q

In their article about the role of race/ethnicity and socioeconomic disparities on sleep, Grandner and colleagues (2016) asserted that assessments of challenges to achieving health sleep should ALSO include questions about: (check all that apply)

A

Occupational and / or home demands
Neighborhood stress
Social factors
Racism

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9
Q

Research via polysomnography has found that physiologically there is much activity going during REM stage of sleep, much like in wakefulness, and thus REM is sometime referred to as ______.

A

Paradoxical sleep

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10
Q

Sensation seekers low D2 dopamine receptors create a deficit in experiencing positive moods and rewards provided by events most people perceive as being pleasurable.

A

True

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11
Q

On average humans typical spend about ______ of sleep in nREM and about ______ in REM.

A

75%; 25%;

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12
Q

Release of insulin is directly related to the levels of _____ in the body

A

Glucose

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13
Q

During the postabsorptive state, the body recruits ______ stores from the liver to use for energy.

A

Glycogen

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14
Q

The stage of sleep associated with vivid dreams is often called the ______ cycle.

A

REM

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15
Q

In the article by Duarte et al. (2017), the authors indicated that… (choose the BEST answer).

A

All answers are correct

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16
Q

A cold defense body mechanism is to trigger ______ to shake generating heat through to expenditure of energy in what is known as shivering.

A

Skeletal muscles

17
Q

Leptin is secreted in response to high levels of insulin and glucose and acts as a ______.

A

Hunger suppressant

18
Q

Sleep spindles are series of high-frequency spikes of activity lasting anywhere from 0.5 to 1.0 seconds observed during ______ of the normal sleep cycle.

19
Q

In a formulary development testing cycle, the researchers gave participants varying dosage levels of their study supplement claiming to improve sleep. All ingredients remained constant with the exception of the sleep aid component. This component was probably a(n) ______ blocker.

20
Q

Research found that high sensation seekers have inherited a low number of a type of ______ receptors (D2) in the striatum and prefrontal cortex.

21
Q

In research and laboratory settings data related to brain activity is often needed and is measured by an ______ which records the electrical activity of the brain.

A

Electroencephalography

22
Q

Experimental data found that rats’ lever presses for access to pleasurable reinforcers is greatly reduced when injected with dopamine receptors______.