The Ability to Delay Immediate Pleasures in Pursuit of Long-Range

question 122

Multiple Choice

The ability to delay immediate pleasures in pursuit of long-range rewards is most clearly a characteristic of

• A)emotional intelligence.
• B)heritability.
• C)savant syndrome.
• D)divergent thinking.

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Definitions:

Addiction

A psychological or physical inability to stop consuming a chemical, drug, activity, or substance, even though it is causing psychological and physical harm.

Activation-Synthesis Model

A theory suggesting dreams are the result of the cerebral cortex interpreting random signals from the brainstem during REM sleep.

Acetylcholine

A neurotransmitter in the brain that plays an important role in muscle contraction, arousal, and memory.

Pons

A structure of the hindbrain involved in respiration, attention, and sleep and arousal.