Mark got paint stripper in his eye and the hospital gave him morphine, so he was feeling no pain when he got home. Why was this drug most likely effective?
A) Because the brain is most accepting of novel types of chemicals
B) Because its properties resemble those of natural brain chemicals
C) Because it stimulates the brain to release its own neurochemicals
D) Because the mechanisms of opiates may involve both (b) and (c)
A
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a. We see ourselves best through introspection. b. We see ourselves and the social world through others' eyes and take on those views. c. We tend to seek out friendships that only reflect our own personal beliefs. d. We refuse to believe that any opinion other than our own is valid.
After Hermann Ebbinghaus learned a new list, he forgot it faster than most college students do. Why did Ebbinghaus forget so rapidly?
a. Confabulation b. Repression c. Proactive interference d. Retrograde amnesia