AP Psych Consciousness
A machine that allows scientists to record the brain-wave activity as a person passes through the various stages of sleep and to determine what type of sleep the person has entered.
Electroencephalography (EEG)
Which neurotransmitter is affected by opiates?
Endorphins
Which of the following does not belong in the stimulant category?
Heroin
Whereas Han only used to drink one beer after work each day, he now drinks two or three. Clearly what has changed?
His tolerance for beer
Which of the following is true about the study of consciousness in psychology?
It is an important way of studying our two-track minds
_______________ is a powerful drug also known as d-lysergic acid diethylamide.
LSD
According to Freud, the underlying meaning of a dream
Latent contenet
Which external stimuli is the suprachiasmatic nucleus sensitive to?
Light
The emotional tone of our dreams is especially likely to be influenced by activation of the ________ during REM sleep.
Limbic system
According to Freud, the remembered story line of a dream.
Manifest content
The hormone most closely related to one's sleep pattern is:
Melatonin
During what stage do night terrors occur?
NREM-3
A_______________is an altered sate of concoiusness reported after a close run in with death
Near death experience
Unpleasant withdrawal symptoms are indicative of
Physical dependence
A chemical substance that alters perceptions perception and mood.
Psychoactive drug
____________are usually used for recreational rather than medical purposes, though some have legitimate medical uses. These drugs change sensory experience, perception, mood, thinking, and behavior.
Psychoactive drugs
Even after Sam quit smoking, he still needs something in his mouth to help with the oral fixation that he experiences. This is an example of
Psychological dependence
The tendency for REM sleep to increase following REM sleep depreivation
REM rebound
Which part of the brain is important in keeping the forebrain alert and producing a state of wakefulness?
Reticular formation
Periodic natural loss of consciousness -as distinct from unconsciousness resulting from a coma or hibernation...
Sleep
A type of snoring in which the person stops breathing for 10 seconds or more.
Sleep Apnea
Obesity is a risk factor for developing which of the following sleep disorders?
Sleep apnea
Sleep spindles show up during which sleep stage?
Stage 2 NREM
Drugs that increase the functioning of the nervous system. Amphetamines, Cocaine, Nicotine, Caffeine.
Stimulants
The major ingredient of marajuana.
THC
This is the main active chemical in marijuana.
THC
Which of the following is true of "hypnotically refreshed" memories?
They combine fact and fiction
Which of the following is a description of someone who suffers from sleep apnea?
They tend to stop breathing periodically at night
Neuroadaptation, the body's adjustment to a stimulus, is the same as
Tolerance
Clark has been going through extreme temperature swings, nausea, and vomiting since stopping using the psychoactive substance that he was taking. This can best be described as:
Withdrawal
Alpha waves are associated with
a relaxed but awake state
Antagonists are psychoactive drugs that
block the neurotransmitter receptor site
Which dream theory explains dreams as the forebrain attempt to interpret neural activity ?
Activation synthesis
An ______________ is a compulsive drug craving and use.
Addiction
REM sleep is most likely to be interrupted by _______________.
Alcohol
__________are drugs that depress the activity of the central nervous system, reducing anxiety but impairing memory and judgment
Barbituates
Which of the following is an altered state of conciusness
Daydreaming
The large, slow brain waves associated with deep sleep are called
Delta waves
What type of brain waves happens during NRem-3 sleep?
Delta waves
Drugs that decrease the functioning of the nervous system. Barbiturates, Benzodiazepines, Alcohol, Opium, Morphine, Heroin.
Depressants
A split in conscoiusnss which allows some thoughts and behaviors to occur simeotaneslously with others.
Dissociation
One plausible theory suggests that hypnosis relieves pain by
Distracting attention
our awareness of ourselves and our environment.
consciousness
Advocates of the social influence theory of hypnosis are likely to argue that
hypnotized people are simply enacting the role of good hypnotic subjects.
Characterized by reoccurring problems in falling or saying asleep
insomnia
Agonists are psychoactive drugs that
mimic and produce the same effect as a neurotransmitter
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
A suggestion made during hypnosis session,to be carried out after the subject is no longer hypnotized.
posythnotic suggetion
In the context of this unit, the term tolerance refers to
the need for an increased amount of the drug to achieve the same effect
Which of the following can result in the chronic use of drugs
withdrawl, tolerance, and physical independence
