mcgrawhill chapter 5 connect
teratogens
(literally, "monster maker") agents, such as chemicals and viruses, that can reach the embryo or fetus during prenatal development and cause harm
Lorie is seeing a psychoanalyst. During a session, she tells her analyst about a dream she had where she mailed a fish through her refrigerator to Peru. Which of the following statements would be FALSE from a psychoanalytic perspective on dreams? There are two types of content that appear in dreams. Dreams have no discernible meaning. Mailing a fish to Peru would be an example of manifest content. The hidden meaning of Lorie's dream would be called latent content.
Dreams have no discernible meaning.
Which of the following is FALSE? Generally speaking, dreams are thoughts, feelings, or images that we experience as we sleep. Everybody has the same types of dreams. Sometimes dreams are charged with emotion, sometimes they are vague, and sometimes they just make no sense at all. There are multiple theories on why we have dreams and what they mean.
Everybody has the same types of dreams.
Sleeping is divided into which two broad categories?
REM and NREM
Which of the following is TRUE? At the start of the study, injectable users had the same rate of suicide attempts as the general population. During follow-up, all of the participants who used both injectables and stimulants reported a suicide attempt. Researchers suspect that cocaine and amphetamine users are more vulnerable to suicidal urges because they are moodier than other drug users. Treatments for suicidality will work equally well for anyone, so there is no need to develop specialized treatment for this population.
Researchers suspect that cocaine and amphetamine users are more vulnerable to suicidal urges because they are moodier than other drug users.
Which of the following substance users is most likely to attempt suicide?
Ross, a chronic injectable drug user and occasional user of amphetamines
Which of the following statements is TRUE?
Sleep spindles begin to occur during Stage 2 sleep.
During what stage of sleep do myoclonic jerks occur?
Stage N1
In what stage do sleep spindles begin to appear on the EEG machine? Stage N1 Stage N2 Stage N3 Stage R (REM)
Stage N2
Martin is taking part in a sleep study. Bursts of muscular activity cause his eyeballs to move back and forth beneath his eyelids. In what stage of sleep is he? Stage N1 Stage N2 Stage N3 Stage R (REM)
Stage R (REM)
Which of the following patterns occur in Stage N3 sleep? Very slow and large delta waves have just begun to appear and the individual is relaxing deeper into sleep. The individual is deeply asleep. Delta waves dominate the EEG pattern, and snoring might occur. The individual can easily be awakened from this stage of light sleep. Brain wave patterns are irregular and slower theta waves are apparent. Bursts of muscular activity can be seen beneath an individual's eyelids.
The individual is deeply asleep. Delta waves dominate the EEG pattern, and snoring might occur
Which of the following statements is TRUE? The psychoanalytic theory of dreams was developed by John Allan Hobson and Robert McCarley. Research has evolved so much since the 1900s, the psychoanalytic theory of dreams is no longer a recognized theory. The psychoanalytic theory has been heavily debated amongst psychologists. The psychoanalytic theory is the only available theory of why we dream.
The psychoanalytic theory has been heavily debated amongst psychologists.
Which of the following drugs is NOT considered a stimulant?
heroin
According to Freud, the two types of content that appear in dreams are manifest content and latent content. latent content and activation content. manifest content and activation content. activation content and synthesis content.
manifest content and latent content
Unlike Freud's theory, the activation-synthesis hypothesis focused on thoughts. considered the hidden meaning of dreams. took into account the biological aspects of the brain. All of the answers are correct.
took into account the biological aspects of the brain
