A Drug That Increases Neural Firing and Arouses the Nervous

question 12

Multiple Choice

A drug that increases neural firing and arouses the nervous system is called:

• A)an hallucinogen.
• B)a depressant.
• C)a stimulant.
• D)an analgesic.

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Definitions:

Negative

A term that describes a value less than zero, indicating direction, charge, or a decrease in a measurable quantity.

Central Location

A statistical term that refers to the center or typical value in a set of data, often measured by mean, median, or mode.

Standard Deviation

A measure of the amount of variation or dispersion of a set of values; how spread out numbers are around the mean.

Median

The middle value of a data set, which divides the set into two equal halves when arranged in ascending or descending order.