Assessment Consciousness

3. Sleep disorder characterized by problems in falling asleep or staying awake

A. insomnia

20. While reading her psychology book in her room on Saturday morning, Isabelle remembered how much fun class was the day before. Isabelle's memory of her class was in what level of awareness before she started reading?

A. preconscious

Kyle feels tired all day long and can't focus very well at work. At a sleep institute, he is told that he actually stops breathing many times throughout the night. Kyle has

A. sleep apnea

14. What is the discomfort and distress that follows discontinuing the use of an addiction drug called

A. withdrawal

Justin and Molly attended the famous Dr. Blocks "Hypnotism Show". Molly marveled at how the hypnotized participants did exactly what Dr. Block told them to and were not embarrassed or uncomfortable. Justin, however believed the participants were just going along with Dr. Block's suggestions because they thought they were playing the part. Justin belief is most like the _____ theory.

B. role

5. A sleep disorder in which breathing is interrupted

B. sleep apnea

21. Jacob is unaware that he us having inappropriate thoughts about how to destroy Nick. Freud would explain that these thoughts occur at a(n)________level of consciousness

C. unconscious

When your mental processes are sufficiently different from normal waking experience that you or an observer notice significant behavior changes, you are in a(n) ______________ state of consciousness.

C.altered

Kylie travels from California to New York, chasing Amari across the country. Kylie then experiences Jet lag producing fatigue, irritability, inattention, and sleeping problems. This is due to the disruption of her

Circadian Rhythm

16. Brad is experiencing a high level of stress and tries to create an altered state of consciousness where he will experience inner peace and tranquility. He does this by slowing repeating a soothing phrase to himself. Brad is using______ to reach a state of ______.

D. a mantra; meditation

12. What is the focusing of attention to clear one's mind

D. meditation

Every day Lee produces an alternate state of consciousness within himself to achieve inner peace and tranquility. Now he feels that he is more aware and understands himself better. Lee most likely achieves their state through

D. meditation

11. Heroin, and codeine are classified as which of the following?

D. opiates

In REM sleep, the EEG resembles that of a person who is awake and mentally active, but

D. the person's muscle tone decreases to the point of virtual paralysis

10. A reservoir of mostly unacceptable thoughts, wishes, feelings, and memories of which we are unaware but which influences our behavior

D. unconscious

17. Which of the following benefits is least likely to result from your regular practice of meditation

A. Increased self-esteem

13. The process of learning to control bodily states with the help of machines monitoring the states to be controlled is called

B. biofeedback

18. After reading about meditation in psychology, you decide to try it. Which of the following benefits is most likely to result from your regular practice of meditation?

B. decreased anxiety

15. This is slow brain activity associated with deep sleep

B. delta waves

Brooklyn was hypnotized. Afterward, she said that she felt as though some part of her "split-off" and agreed to give some control of her thought processes to the hypnotist. What theory of hypnosis best fits her experience?

B. dissociation theory

19. A faith healer claims to cure cancer by asking people to become aware of their lives and to control the liver's removal of impurities from the bloodstream. You know that this is impossible because the activities of the liver occur at the ________ level

B. nonconscious

Brenden is asleep when the fire alarm goes off at 4 a.m. and his mother has a difficult time waking him waking him. Brenden is disoriented and confused for a few minutes after waking. Brenden was most likely in

C. stage 3 sleep

9. A sleep disorder characterized by brief attacks of REM sleep, often at inopportune moments

C. narcolepsy

Hunter is 12 years old. Alyana is 21 years old. Connor is 40 years old. Brisa is 60. Who will likely sleep the LEAST at night?

D. Brisa

After Jestin has been sleeping for about 90 minutes, his heart begins to beat faster, his breathing grows fast and irregular, and his closed eyes begin to move back and forth. Jestin is most likely experiencing

D. REM sleep

2. A psychedelic drug as LSD, that distorts perceptions and evokes

E. hallucinogen

4. Awareness of oneself and one's environment

F. conscious

7. A drug that reduces neural activity and speeds up body functions

G. depressant

8. A drug that increases neural activity and speeds up body functions

H. stimulant

1. Sleep disorder by high arousal and apparent terror

J. night terror

6. A compulsive need for and use of a habit forming substance

K. addiction