ap psych ch 7 test

Under hypnosis, Mrs. Mohammed is encouraged by her therapist to vividly experience and describe the details of an argument she had with her father when she was a child. The therapist is employing a technique called:

age regression

hypnosis has been associated with quackery, thanks to the false claims made by:

anton mesmer

the school of thought in psychology that systematically avoided the study of consciousness during the first half of the last century was:

behaviorism

our inability to fall asleep early as we had planned, is most likely a reflection of;

circadian rhythm

Shane, a straight-A student, remembers dreaming that he failed an important chemistry test. According to Freud, Shane's account represents the ________ content of his dream.

dissociated

3 hours after going to sleep, shoshanna's heart rate increases, her breathing becomes more rapid and her eyes move rapidly under her closed lids, researchers suggest that shoshanna is;

dreaming

One theory suggests that the brain activity associated with ________ is helpful for developing and preserving neural pathways in the brain.

dreaming

platos belief the death involves the separation of the mind from the body is known as:

dualism

which of the following is an amphetamine derivative that acts as a mild hallucinogen?

ecstasy

Sensory experiences that occur without a sensory stimulus are called

hallucinations

After sleeping for about an hour and a half, José enters a phase of paradoxical sleep. He is likely to

have very relaxed muscles

Advocates of the social influence theory of hypnosis are likely to argue that

hypnotized people are simply enacting the role of good hypnotic subjects

by 1960 the study of consciousness had been reviewed by psychologist renewed interest in:

mental processes

which of the following sleep disorders would be the most incapacitating for a commercial bus driver?

narcolepsy

consciousness

our awareness of ourselves and our environment

the activation-synthesis theory best helps to explain why;

people often experience sudden visual images during rem sleep

Just prior to awakening Chinua from a hypnotic state, the therapist told him that during the next few days he would feel nauseous whenever he reached for a cigarette. Chinua's therapist was attempting to make use of

posthypnotic suggestion

while bev was hypnotized, her therapist suggested that during the next several days she would have a strong desire to eat well balanced meals. the therapist was apparently making use of;

posthypnotic suggestion

Studies of marijuana's effects indicate that

regular users may achieve a high with less of the drug than occasional users

which of the following is the best advice for a person concerned about occasional insomnia?

relax and drink a glass of milk before bedtime

sleep apena is a disorder involving

the cessation of breathing during sleep

the need to take larger and larger doses of a drug in order to experience its effects is an indication of;

tolerance

40 year old Lance insists that he never dreams. Research suggests that he probably:

would report a vivid dream if he were awakened during rem sleep