Psych quiz 4

The sleep-waking cycles of young people who stay up too late are typically _____________ hours in duration

25 hours

A person who's EEG shows a high proportion of alpha waves is most likely:

Awake and relaxed

Sodium pentothal has sometimes been called a "truth serum" because it relaxes people and enables them to more freely disclose personally embarrassing experiences. It is most likely that sodium pentothal is a(n)

Barbiturate

The electroencephalograph (EEG) is a device that measures...

Brain waves

Alcohol consumption ______________ sympathetic nervous system activity and ______________ self awareness

Decrease; decrease

Research has indicated that hypnosis:

Enables some people to undergo surgery without anesthesia

According to the textbook, the group that is most likely to become addicted to alcohol is:

Girls and young women

New research has found that the glymphatic system:

Helps clean out waste products from the brain

What provides the clearest indication of a drug addiction?

Physical dependency

Deep sleep is associated with which stage of sleep?

REM

The biological rhythm that operates over the course of an 80 minute class, causing attention to increase at times and decrease at other times is the:

Ultradian Rhythm

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

Hypnotized people are simply enacting the role of good hypnotic subjects

Fela has been asleep for three hours. As he continues to sleep, we can expect that:

NREM-3 sleep will diminish and that REM sleep will increase in duration