AP PSYCHOLOGY

BIOLOGICAL BASES OF BEHAVIOR

BIOLOGY OF CONSCIOUSNESS

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
One use of biofeedback is to learn to relax the muscle responsible for most tension headaches.
A
True
B
False
C
Either A or B
D
None of the above
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -This feedback helps you make subtle changes in your body, such as relaxing certain muscles, to achieve the results you want, such as reducing pain. In essence, biofeedback gives you the ability to practice new ways to control your body, often to improve a health condition or physical performance.

Detailed explanation-2: –biofeedback is a system that provides or “feeds back” data about something happening in the body/through biofeedback training, people can learn to control certain bodily functions, such as heart rate, blood pressure, and the treatment of headaches.

Detailed explanation-3: -Types of Brain Waves Alpha waves, which measure between 8 and 12 Hz, occur when people feel relaxed and when the brain is in an idle state without concentrating on anything. Beta waves, which measure between 12 and 30 Hz, are the waves that occur during most conscious, waking states.

Detailed explanation-4: -Sigmund Freud divided human consciousness into three levels of awareness: the conscious, preconscious, and unconscious. Each of these levels corresponds and overlaps with his ideas of the id, ego, and superego.

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