States of Consciousness
an altered state of consciousness in which people experience fantastic images and often feel separated from their bodies is mostly associated with the use of
LSD
at 3 o'clock in the morning, john has already slept for 4 hours. as long as his sleep continues, he an expect an increasing occurrence of
REM Sleep
nightmares are to... as night terrors are to...
REM sleep; stage 4 sleep
paradoxical sleep is to slow wave sleep as... sleep is to ... sleep
REM; stage 4
which theory suggests that dreams are mental responses to random bursts of neural stimulation?
activation synthesis theory
under hypnosis, mrs mohammed is encouraged by her therapist to vividly experience and describe the details of an argument she had with her father when she was a child. the therapist is employing a technique called
age regression
sleeptalking may occur during
any stage of sleep
in one study, both hypnotized and unhypnotized subjects were told to throw acid in a researcher's face. In this experiment, hypnotized people
behaved in the same fashion as unhypnotized individuals
the school of thought in psychology that systematically avoided the study of consciousness during the first half of the last century was
behaviorism
those who emphasize that the mood fluctuations may be indicative of seasonal affective disorder are highlighting the importance of
biological rhythms
the large, slow brain waves associated with deep sleep are called
delta waves
plato's belief that death involved the separation of the mind from the body is known as
dualism
sensory experiences that occur without a sensory stimulus are called
hallucinations
advocates of the social influence theory of hypnosis are likely to argue that
hypnotized people are simply enacting the role of good hypnotic subjects
by 1960, the study of consciousness had been revived by psychologists' renewed interest in
mental processes
when the release of ACh is blocked, the result is
muscular paralysis
a person who falls asleep in mists of a heated argument probably suffers from
narcolepsy
unconscious information processing is more likely than conscious processing to
occur simultaneously on several parallel dimensions
research indicates that memories retrieved during hyposis are
often a combination of fact and fiction
morphone and heroin are
opiates
consciousness is
our awareness of ourselves and our environment
circadian rhythm refers to
pattern of biological functioning that occurs on a roughly 24 hour cycle
the activation synthesis theory best helps to explain why
people often experience sudden visual images during REM sleep
Unpleasant withdrawal symptoms are indicative of
physical dependence
which of the following provides the clearest indication of a drug addiction
physical dependence
deep sleep appears to play an important role in
physical growth
the personality theorist, sigmund freud, was an austrian
physician
drug tolerance refers to the
reduced effect of a drug resulting from its regular usage
after drinking 3 cans of beer, akiva felt less guilty about the way he mistreated his wife and children. akiva's reduced guilt most likely resulted from the fact that his alcohol consumption hsa
reduced his self awareness
studies of marijuana's effects indicate that
regular users may achieve a high with less of the drug than occasional users
drivers are slower to detect traffic signals if they are conversing on a cellphone. This best illustrates the impact of
selective attention
felix was so preoccupied with his girlfriend's good looks that he failed to perceive any of her less admirable characters. This best illustrates the dangers of
selective attention
the cocktail party effect provides an example of
selective attention
alcohol consumption is least likely to make people more
self conscious
mr. dayton occasionally stops breathing while sleeping. he wakes up to snort air for a few seconds before falling back to sleep. mrs. dayton complains that her husband snores. clearly, mr. dayton suffers from
sleep apnea
rhythmic bursts of brain activity that occur during stage 2 sleep are called
sleep spindles
the brain waves associated with REM sleep are most similar to those of
stage 1 sleep
our inability to fall asleep early as we had planned is most likely a reflection of
the circadian rhythm
the ability to pay attention to only one voice at a time is called
the cocktail party effect
when people are experiencing vivid dreams
their eyes are likely to move under their closed eyelids
the need to take larger and larger doses of a drug in order to experience its effects is an indication of
tolerance
forty year old lance insist that he never dreams. research suggests that he probably
would report a vivid dream if he were awakened during REM sleep