PYC4809 ExamThoroughly Analyzed and Adequately
Answered Questions
A stronger stimulus will engage other brain areas such as - CORRECT ANSWER ✔✔ -
language, attention, and memory
a visual action track - CORRECT ANSWER ✔✔ -guides our moment-to-moment movements
alcohol use disorder - CORRECT ANSWER ✔✔ -(popularly known as alcoholism). Alcohol use
marked by tolerance, withdrawal, and a drive to continue problematic use.
alpha waves - CORRECT ANSWER ✔✔ -the relatively slow brain waves of a relaxed, awake
state
Amphetamines - CORRECT ANSWER ✔✔ -drugs, such as methamphetamine, that stimulate
neural activity, causing accelerated body functions and associated energy and mood changes
Barbiturates - CORRECT ANSWER ✔✔ -drugs that depress the activity of the central nervous
system, reducing anxiety but impairing memory and judgment
Blindsight - CORRECT ANSWER ✔✔ -a condition in which a person can respond to a visual
stimulus without consciously experiencing it
change blindness - CORRECT ANSWER ✔✔ -failing to notice changes in the environment; a
form of inattentional blindness
cicradian rhythm - CORRECT ANSWER ✔✔ -our bodies biological clock; regular body
rhythms that occur on a 24 hour cycle
, Cocaine - CORRECT ANSWER ✔✔ -a powerful and addictive stimulant, derived from the coca
plant, producing temporarily increased alertness and euphoria
cognition - CORRECT ANSWER ✔✔ -mental processes
cognitive neuroscience - CORRECT ANSWER ✔✔ -the interdisciplinary study of the brain
activity linked with cognition (including perception, thinking, memory, and language)
conscious awareness - CORRECT ANSWER ✔✔ -helps us make sense of our life, including our
sensations, emotions, and choices
conscious, deliberate - CORRECT ANSWER ✔✔ -"high road"
consciousness - CORRECT ANSWER ✔✔ -our subjective awareness of ourselves and our
environment
delta waves - CORRECT ANSWER ✔✔ -the large, slow brain waves associated with deep sleep
Depressants - CORRECT ANSWER ✔✔ -drugs (such as alcohol, barbiturates, and opiates) that
reduce neural activity and slow body functions
Desynchronization - CORRECT ANSWER ✔✔ -Lack of alignment between external signals
and the biological clock
Dreams - CORRECT ANSWER ✔✔ -a sequence of images, emotions, and thoughts passing
through a sleeping person's mind
dual processing - CORRECT ANSWER ✔✔ -the principle that information is often
simultaneously processed on separate conscious and unconscious tracks
Answered Questions
A stronger stimulus will engage other brain areas such as - CORRECT ANSWER ✔✔ -
language, attention, and memory
a visual action track - CORRECT ANSWER ✔✔ -guides our moment-to-moment movements
alcohol use disorder - CORRECT ANSWER ✔✔ -(popularly known as alcoholism). Alcohol use
marked by tolerance, withdrawal, and a drive to continue problematic use.
alpha waves - CORRECT ANSWER ✔✔ -the relatively slow brain waves of a relaxed, awake
state
Amphetamines - CORRECT ANSWER ✔✔ -drugs, such as methamphetamine, that stimulate
neural activity, causing accelerated body functions and associated energy and mood changes
Barbiturates - CORRECT ANSWER ✔✔ -drugs that depress the activity of the central nervous
system, reducing anxiety but impairing memory and judgment
Blindsight - CORRECT ANSWER ✔✔ -a condition in which a person can respond to a visual
stimulus without consciously experiencing it
change blindness - CORRECT ANSWER ✔✔ -failing to notice changes in the environment; a
form of inattentional blindness
cicradian rhythm - CORRECT ANSWER ✔✔ -our bodies biological clock; regular body
rhythms that occur on a 24 hour cycle
, Cocaine - CORRECT ANSWER ✔✔ -a powerful and addictive stimulant, derived from the coca
plant, producing temporarily increased alertness and euphoria
cognition - CORRECT ANSWER ✔✔ -mental processes
cognitive neuroscience - CORRECT ANSWER ✔✔ -the interdisciplinary study of the brain
activity linked with cognition (including perception, thinking, memory, and language)
conscious awareness - CORRECT ANSWER ✔✔ -helps us make sense of our life, including our
sensations, emotions, and choices
conscious, deliberate - CORRECT ANSWER ✔✔ -"high road"
consciousness - CORRECT ANSWER ✔✔ -our subjective awareness of ourselves and our
environment
delta waves - CORRECT ANSWER ✔✔ -the large, slow brain waves associated with deep sleep
Depressants - CORRECT ANSWER ✔✔ -drugs (such as alcohol, barbiturates, and opiates) that
reduce neural activity and slow body functions
Desynchronization - CORRECT ANSWER ✔✔ -Lack of alignment between external signals
and the biological clock
Dreams - CORRECT ANSWER ✔✔ -a sequence of images, emotions, and thoughts passing
through a sleeping person's mind
dual processing - CORRECT ANSWER ✔✔ -the principle that information is often
simultaneously processed on separate conscious and unconscious tracks
