Psych Chapter 3
True or False: Most university students are "evening" persons whose performance improves throughout the day
True
True or False: People prone to delinquency and violence have fewer vivid fantasies
True
True or False: People who sleep seven to eight hours a night tend to outlive those chronically sleep deprived
True
True or False: Under hypnosis, people can be induced to perform acts they would otherwise find immortal.
True
True or False: owls tend to be slightly brighter than larks
True
Dual processing
organizing and interpreting information simultaneously
S.A.D
seasonal affective disorder- 4-1 female to male ratio
Cognitive Neuroscience
the study of brain activity associated with perception, thinking, memory, and language
True or False: Larks are less persistent, agreeable, and less apt to procrastinate than owls
False
True or False: Most psychologists believe that dreams provide a key to understanding our inner conflicts.
False
True or False: The majority of the characters in men's dreams are female.
False
True or False: The most common dreams are those with sexual imagery
False
True or False: Under hypnosis, people can be induced to do things they would otherwise find impossible.
False
True or False: in large amounts, alcohol is a depressant; in small amounts, it is a stimulant
False
True or False: those given morphine to control pain often become addicted to the drug.
False
Are owls or larks more likely to be labeled as happy?
Larks
NREM 3
Minimal awareness
tryptophan is
an amino acid found only in food that stimulates production of melatonin and serotonin
mindfulness
being fully present
Two tracks of our mind:
conscious and unconscious
bright light delays/brings sleep
delays
NREM 1
fleeting images
Melatonin is produced by the
pineal gland
REM
rapid eye movement, a story like dream
Consciousness
the varying states of mental activity that we flit between
True or False: daydreaming and fantasies occur in the right brain
true
Do our consciousness or unconsciousness "rule" our lives?
unconsciousness