psych unit 2 part 2 test

sigmund freud believed that dream analysis was a useful device for

gaining insight unto unconscious motives

sally says that her dream about going to a circus is just her brain attempting to make sense of random stimulation from the brain stem. sally's explanation is consistent with which of the following theories of dating

cognitive problem-soliving

a patient reports constant sleepiness, a series of test reveal that the patient's sleep is frequently disrupted by periods of interrupted breathing and brief awakenings, which of the following diagnosis would account for such symptoms

sleep apena

the biological clock that operates in human beings to adjust their functioning to night and day periodicity is referred to as

a circadian rhythm

The explanation that holds that dreams are merely the brain's attempt to make sense of meaningless patterns of brain activity during sleep is called the

activation-synthesis theory

Malia is 10 years of age, and her grandmother, Anna Rosa, is 60 years old. Which statement is likely to be true concerning their sleep patterns?

anna rosa sleeps fewer hours per day than malia does

which of the following groups of characteristics best describes the REM sleep stage

fast breathing, relatively high heart rate, relatively high blood pressure

jeff lives in the united states, and he recently flew to spain. even after sleeping for several hours on the flight, he still felt lethargic for a few days, if jeff has not caught an illness, which of the following is the most likely explanation for his physical response

his circadian rhythm has been disrupted

which of the following statements concerning sleep is valid

individuals do not typically act out their dreams

in adult humans, which of the following is typically true of REM sleep

it is correlated with dreaming

REM sleep, generally an "active" state of sleep, is accompanied by which of the following paradoxical characteristics?

lowered muscle tone

Rafael has a sleep disorder for which he takes medically prescribed amphetamines. For which of the following sleep disorders is Rafael most likely being treated?

narcolepsy

which of the following are involved in regulating circadian rhythms

photoreceptors, hypothalamus, pineal gland

During the night, Alicia stops breathing repeatedly, frequently gasps for air, and snores loudly at regular intervals. Alicia is most likely suffering from which of the following conditions?

sleep apnea

sara had an argument with her coworker, adam. that night, sara had a dream that she was shopping at a mall and adan was in every store in which she shopped, a psychoanalyst would say that Adam's being at the mall in her dream was an example of which of the following

the latent content

which of the following is an explanation of why travelers suffer from jet lag

there is a disruption in their circadian rhythm