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