In a classic study of Zen meditators, a clicking sound was periodically made while the participants
meditated. What was the finding of this study?
A) The meditators easily blocked out the sound.
B) The meditators had difficulty blocking out the sound and were annoyed by it.
C) The meditators experienced every clicking sound as a separate, new experience.
D) There was no difference in how long-time meditators reacted to the sound compared to novice
meditators.
Question 2Attending to the first levels in the moments of perception (those things that are below traditional
levels of conscious attention) is called _____.
A) pure awareness
B) focused awareness
C) perceptual yearning
D) anatta
Question 3Your text describes emotional reaction as one of the moments of perception of Buddhism and likens it
to _____ in Western psychology.
A) psychoanalytic defense mechanisms.
B) self-actualization.
C) irrational thought patterns.
D) basic levels of needs.
Question 4The story of the blind men touching different parts of an elephant and each concluding it is a different
animal demonstrates the potential problems of _____.
A) sensation
B) perception
C) meditation
D) yoga
Question 5Brain research on various types of meditation shows changes in which part of the brain?
A) thalamus
B) basal ganglia
C) frontal lobe
D) all of these
Question 6Some scientists believe that the sense of detachment associated with meditation may be caused by
release of
A) endogenous opioids.
B) serotonin.
C) dopamine.
D) GABA.
Question 7Research on meditation has shown that it can elicit improvement in
A) perceptual attention.
B) creativity.
C) practical intelligence.
D) all of these
Question 8Research has demonstrated that meditation improves
A) perceptual attention.
B) vocabulary.
C) mathematical ability.
D) musical ability.
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