QUESTION 19 Which region of your brainstem plays a role in arousing you to a sta

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QUESTION 19

Which region of your brainstem plays a role in arousing you to a state of alertness when, for example, you accidentally stumble over another person's misplaced pair of shoes?

reticular formation

amygdala

hypothalamus

hippocampus

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QUESTION 20

An undersupply of serotonin is most closely linked to

Parkinson's disease.

depression.

schizophrenia.

Alzheimer's disease.

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QUESTION 21

Although many experienced drivers cannot accurately explain how they do it, most know how to turn successfully from a left to a right lane of traffic. This best illustrates the value of

choice blindness.

unconscious processing.

sequential processing.

blindsight.

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QUESTION 22

Compared with parallel processing, sequential processing tends to be ________ conscious and better for solving ________ problems.

less; novel

more; familiar

more; novel

less; familiar

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QUESTION 23

The popout phenomenon illustrates that some stimuli almost inevitably trigger

blindsight.

choice blindness.

selective attention.

change blindness.

reticular formation

amygdala

hypothalamus

hippocampus

Explanation / Answer

19.Reticular formation;The reticular formation is a portion of the brain that is located in the central core of the brain stem. It passes through the medulla, pons, and stops in the midbrain. Its functions can be classified into 4 categories: motor control, sensory control, visceral control, and control of consciousness. Motor control refers to physical movements or activities such as walking or running. Sensory control consists of all the senses including pain. Visceral control encompasses breathing, heart rate and blood pressure. Control of consciousness refers to alertness, sleeping, and various conscious states. Therefore, people who have difficulties with pain, alertness, or physical coordination might have damage to their reticular formation. 20.An undersupply of serotonin is most closely linked to depression.There are many researchers who believe that an imbalance in serotonin levels may influence mood in a way that leads to depression. 21.Although many experienced drivers cannot accurately explain how they do it, most know how to turn successfully from a left to a right lane of traffic. This best illustrates the value of unconscious processing. 22.Compared with parallel processing, sequential processing tends to be more conscious and better for solving novel problems. 23.The pop-out phenomenon illustrates that some stimuli almost inevitably trigger selective attention.The pop-out effect (also known as pop-out phenomenon) occurs when a visual stimulus that is comprised of differing components has mostly similar looking objects but one differing object that 'pops-out' or stands out very noticeably from the other objects in the visual field.

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