Psych: Semester 1 Final (Unit 5)

Which of the following is true of alcohol?

E) in large doses, it is a depressant; in small doses, it is a depressant

Conscious is

E) our awareness of ourselves and our environment

Deep sleep appears to play an important role in

E) physical growth

Which of the following is true of night terrors?

???C) they jolt the sleeper to a sudden state of full waking alertness

Which of the following is the most widely consumed psychoactive substance

A) alcohol

Freud called the remembered story line of a dream its ____ content

A) manifest

THC, the active ingredient in ____, is classified as a ____

A) marijuana; hallucinogen

Compared with when they were only 20 years old, 60 year olds

A) spend less time in deep sleep

People become unresponsive to hypnosis if told that those who are highly gullible are easily hypnotized. This fact is most consistent with the theory that hypnosis involves

B) conscious role-playing

Hypnosis involves a state of

B) heightened openness to suggestion

Chronic sleep debt is most likely to promote

B) obesity

Near-death experiences are

B) often accompanied by visions of bright lights

Morphine and heroin are

B) opiates

The activation-synthesis theory best helps to explain why

B) people often experience sudden visual images during REM sleep

When people are experiencing vivid dreams

B) their eyes are likely to move under their closed eyelids

Fast and jerky movements of the eyes are especially likely to be associated with

C) REM sleep

Compulsive craving for and use of a drug is an indication of

C) addiction

Those who emphasize the mood fluctuations may be indicative of seasonal affective disorder are highlighting the importance of

C) biological rhythms

The large, slow brain waves associated with deep sleep are called

C) delta waves

Sleep deprivation has been shown to

C) diminish immunity to disease

Which of the following is true of melatonin?

C) it is a sleep hormone released by the pineal gland into the bloodstream

Chemical substances that alter perceptions and moods are called ____ drugs

C) psychoactive

Although Max never experiences caffeine withdrawal symptoms, he feels that he needs coffee every morning as a part of his daily routine. Max best illustrates

C) psychological dependence

Obesity is a risk factor for developing which of the following sleep disorders?

C) sleep apnea

The discomfort and distress that follow the discontinued use of certain drugs is called

C) withdrawal

Which of the following is evidence for cultural influences on sleep patterns

D) People in countries without electric lights generally sleep longer

Sleep talking may occur during

D) Stage 4 sleep

Which drugs are most likely to be prescribed as tranquilizers

D) barbiturates

Prior to age 9, children's dreams seem more like a slide show and less like an active story in which the dreamer is an actor. This best illustrates that the content of dreams reflects children's

D) cognitive development

Sensory experiences that occur without a sensory stimulus are called

D) hallucinations

Layla has a difficulty going to sleep and staying asleep. Layla is most likely suffering from

D) insomnia

According to Freud, the latent content of a dream refers to

D) its underlying but censored meaning

The lack of the neurotransmitter orexin has been linked to which of the following

D) narcolepsy

The change in brain chemistry that offsets the effects of a psychoactive drug is called

D) neuroadaptation

Which of the following drug is classified as a stimulant

D) nicotine

Unpleasant withdrawal symptoms are indicative of

D) physical dependence

Research on sleep patterns indicates that

D) sleep patterns may be genetically influenced

REM rebound involves the

D) tendency for REM sleep to increase following REM sleep deprivation

The human sleep cycle repeats itself about every

B) 90 minutes

Circadian rhythm refers to

B) a pattern of biological functioning that occurs on a roughly 24-hour cycle