psychology quiz 3

Sleep

A periodic, natural, reversible loss of consciousness that involves distinct stages is known as

Insomnia

A recurring difficulty in falling or staying asleep is called

Blindsight

Damage to the brain's visual perception track without any damage to the brain's visual action track is associated with a condition known as

Reduced effect of a drug resulting from its regular usage

Drug tolerance refers to the

Depressants

Drugs such as alcohol and opiates that calm neural activity and slow body functions are called

Brainstem

During REM sleep, your skeletal muscles are relaxed because messages from the motor cortex are blocked by the

REM sleep

Evidence suggests that we consolidate our memories of recent life events through

REM sleep

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

Manifest

Freud called the remembered storyline of a dream its ______ content.

Sleep apnea

In which of the following disorders does the person repeatedly stop breathing while asleep?

Tolerance

Jana developed a habit of drinking several beers after work each day. Her diminishing feeling of intoxication from the drinks is indicative of

Hallucinations

LSD is most likely to produce

Dopamine

Methamphetamine enhances energy and mood by triggering the release of the neurotransmitter

Experiences uncontrollable attacks of overwhelming sleepiness.

Narcolepsy is a disorder in which a person

Consciousness

Our awareness of ourselves and our environment is called

Tendency for REM sleep to increase following REM sleep deprivation.

REM rebound involves the

Our nervous system is highly active, while our voluntary muscles hardly move.

REM sleep is called paradoxical sleep because

Hallucinations

Sensory experiences that occur without an external sensory stimulus are called

Ghrelin: Leptin

Sleep deprivation increases levels of the hunger arousing hormone _________ and decreases levels of the hunger suppressing hormone _________.

Inattentional blindness

Standing in the checkout line at the grocery store, Jerry looking at his watch to see the time. As a result, he failed to see that a store employee was being robbed by a person just in front of him. Jerry most clearly suffered

Any of these drugs

Taking an overdose of ________ is likely to result in death.

The cocktail party effect

The ability to pay attention to only one voice at a time is called

Has close friends who use drugs

The best predictor of an adolescent's pattern of drug usage is whether the adolescent

Suprachiasmatic nucleus

The circadian rhythm is influenced by light sensitive retinal proteins that trigger signals to the

90 minutes

The human sleep cycle repeats itself about every

Cognitive neuroscience

The interdisciplinary study of brain activity linked with our mental processes is known as

Hallucinogens

The three main categories of psychoactive drugs are depressants, stimulants and

Change blindness

When Jason briefly turned to summon the waiter, his wife quickly switched her glass of red wine with his glass of white wine. Jason's failure to notice that his chosen wine had been replaced best illustrates.

Nicotine

Which of the following drugs is classified as a stimulant?

Ecstasy

Which of the following drugs is most likely to produce a euphoric and feelings of social intimacy?

Selective attention

Because she was listening to the news on the radio, Mrs. Shultz didn't perceive a word her husband was saying. Her experience best illustrates

A pattern of biological functioning that occurs on a roughly 24 hour cycle.

Circadian rhythm refers to