Sharon Is a Long-Distance Runner

question 46

Multiple Choice

Sharon is a long-distance runner. After a certain point in her workout, she begins to feel a natural "high" instead of pain. This feeling is likely the result of chemicals in her brain called

• A)stimulants.
• B)enzymes.
• C)endorphins.
• D)adrenalines.
• E)hormones.

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Definitions:

Latency Stage

A psychoanalytic term for a period in child development from about age five to puberty during which sexual urges are inactive.

Biological Drives

Innate impulses in living organisms that prompt certain behaviors essential for survival, such as hunger, thirst, and reproduction.

Unconscious

The part of the mind that is inaccessible to the conscious mind but that affects behavior and emotions.

Id

In psychoanalytic theory, the part of the personality that is the source of instinctual impulses and demands immediate satisfaction.