Psych 7
The human sleep cycle repeats itself about every:
90 minutes
Which theory suggests that dreams are mental responses to random bursts of neural stimulation?
Actuvation synthesis
Jennifer has decided to go to bed early. Although her eyes are closed and she's very relaxed, she has not yet fallen asleep. An EEG is most likely to indicate the presence of:
Alpha waves
Vivid dreams often involve sudden and surprising changes in scene. This best serves to support the theory that dreams:
Are triggered by burts of neural activity
light directed to the back of the knee has recently been found to have an influence on:
Circadian rythm
Three hours after going to sleep, Shoshanna's heart rate increases, her breathing becomes more rapid, and her eye move rapidly under her closed lids. Research suggests that Shoshanna is:
Dreaming
When young adults are deprived of time cues, their circadian rhythms:
Follow 25 hour cycle
At 3 o'clock in the morning John has already slept for 4 hours. As long as his sleep continues, we can expect an increasing occurrence of:
Genitail arousal
After sleeping about an hour, Sidney enters a phase of paradoxical sleep. He is likely to:
Have very relaxed muscles
Traffic accident rates have been found to __ after the spring change to daylight savings time and to ___ after the fall change back to standard time.
Increase, decrease
REM sleep is __ by alcohol and __ by sleeping pills
Inhibited
REM sleep is __ by alcohol and __ by sleeping pills
Inhibited, inhibited
Compared to young women, young men are ___ likely to report dreams involving sexual imagery and they are ___ likely to dream about members of the same sex.
More more
Research indicates that young adults spend __ time daydreaming and admit to __ sexual fantasies than do older adults
More more
Compared to adults, children are __ likely to experience night terrors and ___ likely to experience sleepwalking.
More, more
Genital arousal is most likely to be associated with:
Paradoxical sleep
The ability to simultaneously monitor the shape as well as the color of an object best illustrates the value of:
Paralell processinf
Research studies of the content of dreams indicate that:
People are more likely to dream failure than success
Evidence suggests that we consolidate our memories of recent life vents during ___ sleep.
Rem
Consciousness is to subconsciousness as ___ is to ___.
Serial processibg to paralell processing
Research on sleep patterns indicates that:
Sleep patterns may be genetically influenced
The rhythmic bursts of brain activity that occur during Stage 2 sleep are called:
Sleep spindles
Compared to subconscious information processing conscious information processing is relatively __ and especially effective for solving ___ problems.
Slow novel
Bedwetting is most likely to occur during ___ sleep.
Slow wave
The pituitary gland is particularly likely to release a growth hormone during:
Slow wave
Compared to when they were only 20 years old, 60 year olds:
Spend less time in deep sleep
Sensations of falling or floating weightlessly (hypnogogic sensations) are most closely associated with __ sleep.
Stage 1
The brain waves associated with REM sleep are most similar to those of:
Stage 1
The brain waves associated with REM sleep are most similar to those of:
Stage 1 sleep
During the course of a night's sleep, people typically spend more time in __ sleep than in __ sleep.
Stage 2, 3
At 1:00 a.m. Luis gets out of bed and begins to sleepwalk. An EEG of his brain activity is most likely to indicate the presence of:
cats and monkeys experience REM rebound
When comparing women's day-to-day self-reports of their moods with their later call of these same daily moods, negative emotions are most pronounced in the:
later call of premenstrual mood
Research on sleep and dreams indicate that:
none of the answers provided are true
The theory that dreams help to solidify our memories of daytime experiences is supported by the finding that:
people deprived of REM sleep remember less of certain pre-sleep information than people deprived of other sleep stages
While under hypnosis, Charlotte describes her experience of being kidnapped at age 5. In suggesting that she will soon forget this traumatic event, the hypnotists is encouraging Charlotte to experience:
posthypnotic amnesia
Night terrors:
usually occur during the first few hours after falling asleep
