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Final Exam: COGSCI C100 (Latest 2024/ 2025 Update) Questions and Verified Answers| 100% Correct| Grade A Q: What is Acceptance and transformation? Answer: -Make peace with our negative emotions -Underlying premise of mindfulness practice Q: How to do mindfulness in daily life? A...

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FinallExam:lCOGSCIlC100l|lQuestionslandl
VerifiedlAnswers|l100%lCorrect|lGradelA

Q:lWhatlislAcceptancelandltransformation?l
Answer:
-Makelpeacelwithlourlnegativelemotions
-Underlyinglpremiseloflmindfulnesslpractice



Q:lHowltoldolmindfulnesslinldailyllife?l
Answer:
-lEngagelinlactivitieslwithlfulllfocusloflattentionl(i..elwalklonlearthltolfeellground)



Q:lWhatlemotionlthatlconferslthelgreatestlhealthlbenefits?lWhatlhappensltolpeoplelwholhavell
owllevelsloflthislemotion?l

Answer:
Awe
-Participantslwholscoredlhighlonlawelhadlthellowestllevelsloflinterleukin-
6,lwhichlisltiedltolinflammation



Q:lWhatlwerelthelkeylfindingsloflMRIlstudylonlWesternllaylpractitionerslwholincorporatedlm
editation?l

Answer:
-
lComparedltolcontrollparticipants,ltheylshowedlthickeninglinlpartsloflprefrontallcortexlandlthelr
ightlanteriorlinsula
-Corticallgrowthlwaslnotldueltolthelgrowthloflnewlneurons,lbutlresultedlfrom
-lWiderlbloodlvessels
-lMorelsupportinglstructureslsuchlaslglialandlastrocytes
-Increasedlbranchinglandlconnections
-meditationlmightlbelparticularlylimportantlinlpreservinglcognitivelfunctionslaslpeoplelage

,Q:lMeditationlincreasesl______________________linlmuchlthelsamelwaylthatlphysicallexerc
iselincreaseslthelsizeloflmusclesl

Answer:
densityloflgraylmatterlinlfrontallandltemporal



Q:lPaullEkmanlfoundlenhancedlabilityltol_______________linlmeditatorsl
Answer:
identifylmicroexpressions



Q:lMindfulnesslcanltreatlwhichlpsychologicalldisorders?l
Answer:
-lAnxietylandldepressionl(Hofmann,lSawyer,lWitt,l&lOh,l2010)
-lSubstancelabusel(Melemis,l2008)
-lEatingldisordersl(Kristellerl&lHallett,l1999)
-lStressl(Grossman,lNiemann,lSchmidtl&lWalach,l2004)



Q:lResearchlIssueslwithlmindfulness?l
Answer:
-lpsychologicalleffectslfoundlinlstudiesloflshort-
termlmindfulnesslcontrastslwithlthelmuchllargerleffectsloflneuroimaginglandlreactionltimelstudi
eslonllong-termlmeditationlpractitioners
-
lresultsloflmeditationlstudiesldependlinlpartlonlamountloflpracticelandlamountlofltraining/teachi
nglreceivedlbylpractitioner
-
lchangeslinlbrainlfunctionlandlstructurelmaylprecedelnoticeablelpsychologicallandlbehaviorallc
hanges



Q:lHowldoeslmindfulnesslaffectlmortalitylrates?l

,Answer:
-
lMeditationlgrouplshowedlal23%ldecreaselinloveralllmortality,lal30%ldecreaselinlrateloflcardio
vascularlmortalitylandlal49%ldecreaselinlthelrateloflmortalityldueltolcancerlcomparedlwithlcont
rols



Q:lHowldoeslmindfulnesslaffectlgenelexpression?l
Answer:
-lJustl8lhoursloflmindfulnesslresultedlinlsignificantlmodulationloflexpressionloflpro-
inflammatorylgenes



Q:lWhatlislphysicallpain?l
Answer:
-llargelcomponentlofl"physicallpain"lislactuallylmental
-lPainlislactuallyljustlsensationsl-lit'slthelaversionlresponselthatlcauseslmostloflthelsuffering



Q:lInlcomparisonlwithlthelnon-meditators,lthelZenlpractitionersl
Answer:
-
lShowedlsignificantlylgreaterlactivitylinlthelsomatosensorylcortex,laslwelllaslinlthelinsula,lthelp
artloflthelbrainlinvolvedlinlproprioceptionl(noticinglbodylsensations)
-lReportedlthatlthelpainlsensationslwerelvery,lverylvivid
-
lShowedlsignificantlyllesslactivitylinlpartsloflthelprefrontallwhichlarelinvolvedlinlevaluatinglthe
lpain
-
Inladdition,lthellowerlpainlsensitivitylinlmeditatorslwaslstronglylpredictedlbylreductionslinlfunc
tionallconnectivitylbetweenlexecutivel(prefrontal)landlpain-relatedlcortices



Q:lHowldoeslmindfulnesslaffectlphysicallpain?l
Answer:

, Allowslpeopleltolviewlpainfullstimulilmorelneutrally



Q:lLong-
termlpractitionerslproducedlshowedlhighllevelsloflactivitylinl______________________landl__
______________________l

Answer:
gamma-bandlfrequenciesl(25-42+Hz),
increasedlneurallsynchrony



Q:lEEGlstudieslbylRichardlDavidsonlfoundlthatlmeditationlpracticelislassociatedlwithl______
___________________l

Answer:
increasedlleftlprefrontallactivity



Q:lWhatlislthelthree-stagelmodallmodelloflmemoryl(Atkinson-Shiffrinlmodel)?l
Answer:
Memorylpasseslthroughl3lstages
-lSensorylmemory
-lWorkinglmemorylorlshort-termlmemory
-lLong-termlmemory



Q:lWhatlarelthel2ltypesloflsensorylmemory?l
Answer:
1.lIconiclmemoryl(photographiclmemory):lvisuallsensorylmemory
2.lEchoiclmemory:lauditorylsensorylmemory



Q:lWhatlislnowloftenlconsideredltolbelalpartloflperceptionl
Answer:
sensorylmemory

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