Why Have Some Students Used Stimulants as Study Aids

question 18

Multiple Choice

Why have some students used stimulants as study aids?

• A) They increase resistance to fatigue and boredom.
• B) They improve one's ability to learn complex tasks.
• C) They speed up performance of cognitive tasks.
• D) All of the above
• E) a and c only

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Definitions:

Reliving Trauma

The process of re-experiencing the emotions and reactions associated with a past traumatic event, which can be both involuntary or as part of therapeutic intervention.

General Adaptation Syndrome

A theoretical model describing the body's response to stress in three stages: alarm, resistance, and exhaustion.

Resistance Stage

Third stage of the stress response, when the person attempts to adapt to the stressor. The body stabilizes; hormone levels stabilize; and heart rate, blood pressure, and cardiac output return to normal.

Alarm Stage

The initial reaction of the body's stress response, characterized by the activation of the sympathetic nervous system and the secretion of stress hormones.