IM 901 Brain and Neuroplasticity Course Exam Dr. Joe Dispenza 2013 IQUIM All Rights Reserved 1. is the very fabric of all things material and is responsive to mind. a. Life b. Energy c. The universe d. Science 2. All the information we have been exposed to throughout our lives, in the form of knowledge and experiences, is stored as the brain s. a. Synaptic connections b. Glial cells c. Neurotransmitters d. Frontal lobe 3. Matter on a subatomic level possesses and qualities. a. Non dimensional and inert b. Solid and unchanging c. Physical and energetic d. Chemical and nonchemical 4. Daily changes in the brain s results in easier access to the subconscious mind just after you wake up in the morning and before you go to bed at night. a. Chemistry b. Frontal lobe c. Synaptic connections d. Cerebellum 5. There is a principle in neuroscience that states nerve cells that fire together, wire together. This is called. a. Newton s Law b. Hebb s Law c. Law of Active Neurons d. Law of Attraction 6. When you the negative emotion of your personality, you eliminate destructive unconscious behaviors. a. Ignore b. Express c. Unmemorize d. Demonstrate 7. Meditation opens the door between the minds. a. Unconscious and subconscious b. Conscious and unconscious c. Conscious and subconscious d. Subconscious and universal
8. Subatomic particles such as electrons, when they exist as pure potential, are in their state while not being observed. a. Momentary b. Wave c. Physical d. Chemical 9. An atom is as revealed in the Quantum Model. a. Mostly empty space b. Solid matter c..00001 percent energy and.99.99999 percent matter d. Exactly the same as a solar system 10. An awareness of self and its own ability to move and act within the material universe is called. a. Emotional response b. Consciousness c. Reality d. Organized molecules 11. Our thoughts and our feelings affect all aspects of life, beyond both and. a. Intention and rhythms b. Cause and effect c. Time and space d. Matter and energy 12. With repeated daily efforts, as the Observer, you can use your mind to collapse quantum particles and organize a vast number of subatomic waves of probability into a desired physical event called. a. Physics b. An experience c. Quantum superimposition d. The Higgs Boson phenomenon 13. Since the side effect of transparency is true joy, more energy, and freedom of expression, any thought that is connected to an ego drive would lower the elevated feeling within you. 14. According to the epigenetic model, genes are the blueprint of life and they determine our destiny. 15. Matter and energy are completely interchangeable. 16. The biological model of change involves transforming the familiar past to a new future. 17. Meditation allows us to change our brains, bodies, and state of being.
18. Layer by layer when you memorize emotions you liberate energy. 19. Almost all of what we demonstrate starts with a thought. 20. When we are in the moment we can move beyond space and time and thereby create a new future in the present. 21. When you think from your past memories, you can create new experiences as well as unexpected outcomes. 22. Is it true that although we think in the present, most of the time our bodies actually live in the past? 23. The Quantum Law states: if you maintain a modified state of mind and body independent of the external environment and the body s emotional needs are greater than time, something should show up differently in your world. 24. Human beings trigger stress in the body by just thought alone. 25. The quantum field is a field of information and energy that exists beyond time and space. 26. A state of Being is created by how you think and how you feel. 27. Meditating is the process of quieting the mind, body and eliminating the outside environment, to become aware solely of your unconscious thoughts and feelings. 28. The feedback you experience in your life is the result of matching the state of being/energy of your creative process to the state of being/energy of your demonstrative process.
29. The process of change requires unlearning first, then learning. 30. To understand that neurological change can take place in the absence of physical interactions in the environment is crucial to our success in breaking the habit of being ourselves. 31. From a quantum standpoint, we have to create a different state of being as an observer and generate a new electromagnetic signature. 32. A habit is all of the following: when the body becomes the mind; a redundant automatic behavior that is acquired through frequent repetition; an implicit memory; a hardwired unconscious program of thought. 33. A new state of being creates a new personality, a new personality produces a new personal reality. 34. It is possible for our thoughts to make us sick. 35. Collapsing the wave function or the observer effect can be described as a particle of matter approaching the speed of light. 36. Mental rehearsal does all of the following: changes the brain to make it look like the experience has already happened; creates a new level of mind neurologically; fires and wires new circuits in new ways; changes the brain by thinking differently. 37. It is possible to go from thinking straight to being without physically doing anything. 38. In Dispenza s model of The Gap, most people create an identity by indentifying with all of the elements that make up the outside environment in order to hide or conceal who they really are in their internal environment. 39. Unconsciously skilled means you just do it without having to place a great deal of conscious thought or attention on the activity. To become unconsciously skilled in something involves learning knowledge, getting instruction, paying attention, and repeating the skill over and over.
40. When the same people and things in our lives create the same emotions and the feeling we are trying to make go away no longer changes, we look for new people and things, or try going to new places, in an attempt to change how we feel emotionally. 41. It is impossible to be addicted to our thoughts. 42. Thoughts are the language of the body and feelings are the language of the brain. 43. According to some of the most recent experiments in neuroscience, mental rehearsal creates changes in the brain, but not in the body. 44. 50% of all diseases today stem from single gene disorders. 45. Learning is making new synaptic connections. 46. We can make thought more real than anything else by using the mammalian brain. 47. The definition of meditation in Tibetan means to become unfamiliar with. 48. It is true that there is an aspect of us that is unconscious. 49. The purpose of meditation is to engage the analytical mind. 50. Wisdom is accumulated knowledge that has been gained through repeated experience and has now become innate.
51. Quantum experiments have demonstrated that electrons exist separately, in a limited array of possibilities or probabilities, in a very visible field of energy. 52. Coherent waves are more powerful when they are randomly out of phase. 53. According to Dispenza s model, thoughts are magnetic and feelings are electric. 54. In July of 2012 Dr. Leonard Leibovici proved that the intention from the power of prayer only effects future events. 55. As a result of near death experiences, people perceive new possibilities and better ways to be in any opportunity. Having seen themselves from a truly objective point of view, they clearly know what they want to change. 56. It is possible to signal the gene ahead of the actual experience. 57. When you are in a state of gratitude, you transmit a signal into the quantum field that an event has already occurred. 58. Newtonian Physics can be defined as the science of the unpredictable. 59. If you create a new future by using the thoughts and feelings of your past and present self, then any new future that you create will actually be just more of your past. 60. According to Neuroscience, mind is the brain in action. 61. Another name for explicit memories is declarative memories.
62. According to the EEG presentation, Alpha brain wave patterns are between 6 10 cycles per second. 63. Which part of our brain is primarily responsible for our emotions? a. The Neocortex b. The Cerebellum c. The Limbic Brain d. Corpus Callosum 64. Glen Rein, PhD in 2003 demonstrated that the ingredients which produced changes in matter at a remote location are: a. Ionized energy and intentional observation b. Stressful emotions and energy c. Elevated emotions and clear intention d. Intention only 65. When referring to the Refractory Period (length of emotional reaction), a mood is defined as: a. A chemical state of being that lasts from weeks to months b. A chemical state of being that is generally short term c. A chemical state of being that can last from months to years d. Something that is necessary during courtship 66. To create change in our lives we must go from; a. Being to thinking to doing b. Thinking to being to doing c. Doing to being to thinking d. Thinking to doing to being 67. What type of feedback will you begin to witness as the energy of your creative process matches the energy of your demonstrative process? a. Synchronicities b. Opportunities c. Flow d. Effortless change e. Better health f. Insights g. Mystical experiences h. New relationships i. All of the above 68. When the stress response is triggered in the body, we focus on what three things? a. Food, water and shelter b. Health, money and family c. Drugs, alcohol and sex d. The body, the environment and time 69. Which part of the brain is primarily responsible for non declarative (implicit) memories? a. The Neocortex b. The Undeclared Brain c. The Cerebellum d. The Limbic Brain
70. Through the skill of metacognition, you observe who you are being. Where in the brain does metacognition take place? a. Left Hemisphere b. Frontal Lobe c. Cerebellum d. Brain Stem 71. In Step 6, Redirecting, you do the following: a. You prevent yourself from behaving unconsciously b. You stop yourself from activating your old programs, and you biologically change, causing unfiring and unwiring of nerve cells c. You stop the same genes from being signaled in the same ways d. All of the above e. None of the above 72. In what order does the brain wave function go from conscious to subconscious? a. Beta, Alpha, Theta, Delta b. Alpha, Beta, Theta, Delta c. Theta, Beta, Alpha, Delta d. Delta, Alpha, Theta, Beta 73. What are the two memory systems in the brain? a. Higher and Lower b. Declarative and Non Declarative c. Past and Future d. Short term and Long term 74. What is one reason why change is so difficult for most people? a. The conscious mind may be present but the subconscious body mind lives in the past. b. Most thoughts just happen to us and are not something that we have any control over. c. We all have the personality that we were born with and that is something that is unchangeable. d. We have no control over things that happen in life, so one must leave these things to chance and good luck. 75. A memory without emotional charge is called: a. Growth b. Wisdom c. Addiction d. Emotional State 76. In the examples below of 4 emotions, which group contains only survival emotions? a. Insecurity, Hatred, Judgment, Victimization b. Worry, Guilt, Happiness, Depression c. Shame, Joy, Anxiety, Regret d. Suffering, Frustration, Gratitude, Fear 77. Your personality consists of how you: a. Think, act, and feel b. Think and feel c. Act and feel d. None of the above 78. If the inner world of imagination tends to be as real as the outer world of reality, what brain wave is being experienced? a. Theta b. Beta c. Alpha
d. Delta 79. What part of the brain is the seat of our awareness, attention, observation and consciousness? a. The Cerebellum b. The Frontal Lobe c. The Third Eye d. The Limbic Brain 80. If the outer world becomes more real than the inner world, what brain wave is being experienced? a. Theta b. Beta c. Alpha d. Delta 81. What is Metacognition? a. The ability to self reflect and observe one s own thoughts and self b. The ability to read other people s minds c. The ability to move beyond space and time and become pure immaterial awareness d. The creative state of being 82. Mental rehearsal creates changes in the brain by all of the following except: a. Planning your behaviors b. Speculating new possibilities c. Creating familiar emotional states d. Thinking about an experience 83. In Step 5, Observing & Reminding: a. You observe the old self b. You remind yourself who you no longer want to be c. You become completely conscious of the specific unconscious or habitual thoughts and actions that make up that state of mind and body that you want to change d. You observe how other people react to you e. All of the above f. All but the fourth statement 84. By focusing on different aspects of your body during the induction process of meditation you begin to: a. Think less b. Change analytical thoughts c. Focus becomes more creative and open d. All of the above e. None of the above 85. What level of Beta is associated with the fight or flight response? a. Low Beta b. Mid Beta c. High Beta 86. Epigenetic relates to all of the following, except: a. External environmental conditions affect gene expression independent of any influence from the internal environment of the body b. Control the genes outside of the cell c. Study of changes in gene function that occur without a change in DNA sequence d. The ability to signal new genes in new ways
87. When somebody lives in a state of creation versus a state of survival they experience; a. The ability to paint and compose music like the master painters and composers of old b. Trust in a future that they can t see or otherwise perceive with their senses c. Suddenly lose the ability to function properly in the real world d. Have the desire to setup a collection hat and apply their creativity on street corners 88. When living in a state where the body has become the mind of a certain emotion or you have memorized an emotion, you are living in: a. The past b. The present c. The future d. None of the above 89. What are important steps to consider when preparing to meditate? a. Location b. Music selection c. Position d. Bodily Distractions e. All of the above f. A & C only 90. What is the technical term that is used for the fight or flight nervous system? a. The parasympathetic nervous system b. The sympathetic nervous system c. The unsympathetic nervous system d. The empathetic nervous system 91. All of the following are ligands except: a. Neurotransmitters b. Neurons c. Neuropeptides d. Hormones 92. According to Breaking the Habit of Being Yourself, what are the two states of mind and body that we live in? a. Love and Joy b. Power and Victimization c. Survival and Creation d. Intelligence and Stupidity 93. Each day, review how you did. Which questions below are helpful in this process? a. When did I fall from grace, and why? b. Who was it I reacted to, and where? c. When did I go unconscious? d. How can I do better the next time that happens? e. All of the above 94. What are the three steps in pruning away the habit of being yourself? a. Recognizing b. Admitting and declaring c. Surrendering. d. All of the above e. None of the above
95. The goal of the Change Game is to: a. Change the direction you are going b. Change your environment c. Develop conscious control of yourself d. Change others 96. Rehearsal allows you to: a. Memorize the new you b. Demonstrate the greatest expression of yourself c. Remind yourself how you will act d. Move into a new state of being and become this ideal e. All of the above f. None of the above 97. In the examples below of States of Mind, which group contains only limiting States of Mind? a. Competitive, Overwhelmed, Complaining, Loving b. Blaming, Joyful, Confused, Distracted c. Self pitying, Desperate, Lacking, Overly intellectual d. Honest, Self important, Needing recognition, Deceptive 98. Which of the following is not an explicit memory? a. Knowledge b. Skills c. Experiences d. Philosophy 99. The Law of Association is all of the following except: a. Using knowns to understand unknowns b. How the brain learns c. Using existing synaptic connections to make a new connection d. How the brain remembers 100. The brain is made up of: a. 1 million nerves b. 10 million nerves c. 100 million nerves d. 100 billion nerves 101. Theta brain wave patterns are between: a. 3 9 cycles per second b. 10 16 cycles per second c. 0 5 cycles per second d. 4 8 cycles per second