According to Focus on Neuroscience: the Sleep-Deprived Emotional Brain, Which

question 24

Multiple Choice

According to Focus on Neuroscience: The Sleep-Deprived Emotional Brain, which of the following is TRUE?

• A)Research has clearly shown that watching unpleasant, disturbing images causes people to feel much more sleep-deprived and tired than when they watch neutral images.
• B)People often react with greater emotionality when they are not getting adequate sleep.
• C)Sleep deprived adults have considerably reduced blood flow in an area of the brain called the amygdala.
• D)When people are consistently operating on too little sleep, their emotional reactions are considerably reduced.

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Definitions:

Normal Curve

A symmetrical, bell-shaped curve that represents the distribution of many types of data; most scores are near the mean, with fewer scores at the extremes.

Z Distribution

The Z distribution is a normal distribution that has been standardized so that it has a mean of 0 and a standard deviation of 1; it's also known as the standard normal distribution.

Probability

A quantification of the chance of an event taking place, assigned a value between 0, which denotes that the event is impossible, and 1, which denotes absolute certainty of the event happening.

Uniform Distribution

A type of probability distribution where all outcomes are equally likely over a certain range.