An Acquaintance of Yours Uses Ecstasy and Says, "Wow! I

question 157

Multiple Choice

An acquaintance of yours uses Ecstasy and says, "Wow! I was totally energized and tripping. It was like LSD and meth combined." Your acquaintance's experience with Ecstasy was:

• A) very unusual; the drug usually acts as a central nervous system depressant.
• B) common; the drug has both stimulant and hallucinogenic properties.
• C) uncommon; the drug has stimulant but not hallucinogenic properties.
• D) uncommon; the drug has hallucinogenic but not stimulant properties.

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Definitions:

Inattentional Blindness

Failure to consciously perceive something you are looking at because you are not attending to it.

Feature Detection

The process by which the brain identifies specific elements of a visual stimulus, such as edges, lines, or movements.

Sensory Overload

A condition where one or more of the body's senses experiences over-stimulation from the environment, leading to feelings of overwhelm or discomfort.

Inattentional Blindness

A psychological lack of attention that is not associated with any vision defects or deficits, where an individual fails to perceive an unexpected stimulus in plain sight.