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Why does boredom motivate individuals to seek variety and stimulation?
Why does boredom motivate individuals to seek variety and stimulation?
- To avoid feeling emotions more intense than disgust.
- To prepare for coping with future isolation.
- To decrease sensitivity to physical pain.
- To promote neuron formation and brain cell growth. (correct)
What conclusion can be drawn from the study in which students preferred physical pain to being alone with boredom?
What conclusion can be drawn from the study in which students preferred physical pain to being alone with boredom?
- Boredom is primarily a physical sensation rather than a psychological state.
- Physical pain is a more effective way to stimulate neuron formation than social interaction.
- Any form of stimulus is sometimes preferred over the absence of stimulus, even if it is unpleasant. (correct)
- Sensory deprivation is a beneficial method for managing anxiety.
What is the primary purpose of using floatation tanks with sound and light isolation?
What is the primary purpose of using floatation tanks with sound and light isolation?
- To desensitize individuals to external stimuli for military training purposes.
- To replicate the exact conditions of long-duration space travel.
- To allow the mind to wander in the absence of external stimuli, potentially aiding in coping with isolation. (correct)
- To provide a recreational environment that promotes continuous sensory stimulation.
How did Stefania Follini's isolation experiment affect her body's natural rhythms?
How did Stefania Follini's isolation experiment affect her body's natural rhythms?
What is a significant psychological effect observed in individuals subjected to long-term solitary confinement, as highlighted by William Brown's experience?
What is a significant psychological effect observed in individuals subjected to long-term solitary confinement, as highlighted by William Brown's experience?
Why were doctors concerned about the constant light in the isolated subject's room?
Why were doctors concerned about the constant light in the isolated subject's room?
What were the doctors measuring before and after the isolation experiment?
What were the doctors measuring before and after the isolation experiment?
What was one of the isolated subject's initial observations during the first few hours of the experiment?
What was one of the isolated subject's initial observations during the first few hours of the experiment?
What key sign indicated the isolated subject's deteriorating mental state by the end of the experiment?
What key sign indicated the isolated subject's deteriorating mental state by the end of the experiment?
What did the isolated subject realize about experiences after re-emergence?
What did the isolated subject realize about experiences after re-emergence?
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What is the Isolation experiment?
What is the Isolation experiment?
Spending time in a room, completely absent of external stimuli.
What is boredom?
What is boredom?
A less intense emotion than disgust that motivates individuals to seek variety and stimulation.
What is Sensory deprivation?
What is Sensory deprivation?
Experiments conducted since the 1930s to study the effects of reduced or removed stimuli.
Who is Stefania Follini?
Who is Stefania Follini?
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What is Solitary confinement?
What is Solitary confinement?
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What are the risks of total isolation?
What are the risks of total isolation?
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What perceptions are lost during Isolation?
What perceptions are lost during Isolation?
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What are the Isolation effects?
What are the Isolation effects?
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What are the vitals after Isolation?
What are the vitals after Isolation?
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Why is connection important?
Why is connection important?
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