AP Psych: Unit 5

Which of the following is a circadian rhythm?

A cycle of biological functioning that lasts about 25 hours

Carla has agreed to take part in a sleep study. The researchers are most likely using a ___ to measure her brain waves as she sleeps.

EEG

produces euphoria and feelings of intimacy

Ecstasy(MDMA

Which stimulant causes high energy, emotional elation, dehydration, and damage to serotonin-producing neurons?

Ectasy

Which of the following sleep theories would best explain why athletes perform better after a full night's sleep?

Growth

Which of the following is true about the study of consciousness in psychology?

It is an important way of studying our two-track minds

What is Interposition

Judging one object to be farther away if blocked by another, is a monocular cue.

can produce hallucinations and emotions varying from euphoria to panic

LSD

Laura immediately notices the strong odor of chocolate chip cookies, but after a while she no longer detects the smell of the cookies. This can best be explained by which of the following?

Sensory adaptation

When Rosa has a cold, she cannot taste the flavor of her pizza. Which of the following psychological terms describes Rosa's inability to taste?

Sensory interaction

Who believed the unconscious was a safe place for our mind and emotions and uncovering them could lead to healing.

Sigmund Freud

As part of a sleep study, researchers notice bursts of rapid, rhythmic brain-wave activity called ___ and determine that Jane is in NREM-2 sleep.

Sleep sindles

a pair of cell clusters in the hypothalamus that controls the circadian rhythms. Respond to light. Causes the brain's pineal gland to decrease melatonin production in the morning.

Suprachiasmatic Nucleus SCN

may trigger feelings of disinhibition, euphoria, relief from pain and chemotherapy-related nausea, and intense sensitivity to sensory stimuli.

THC

Ernst Weber's and Gustav Fechner's psychophysical laws concern the relation between which of the following?

The intensity of a stimulus and its corresponding psychological sensation

What can be expected in someone who is a frequent user of marijuana?

They will require less of the drug to feel it's effects as the drug builds up in their system

A subliminal stimulus is a stimulus that

falls below the threshold for conscious detection

The most common form of color blindness is related to deficiencies in the

red-green system

In vision, transduction occurs within the

retina

Gustatory receptors are sensitive to all of the following taste qualities EXCEPT

spicy

Which of the following nisbmost likely to happen under hypnosis?

A person may be unable to report their grandma's name if asked to forget it

What may permanently reduce dopamine production

Amphetamines such as methamphetamines

Patrick has just entered REM sleep. Which of the following is he likely to experience?

Body paralysis

Which of the following are visible on the EEG of a person in NREM-3 sleep?

Delta waves

Sleep deprivation can lead to weight gain, reduced muscle strength, suppression of cells that fight common colds, and most likely which if the following

Depression

Which of the following is the term associated with the split in counciosness that allows some thoughts and behaviors to oflccur simultaneously?

Dissociation

distort perceptions and evoke hallucinations some of which resemble the altered consciousness of near-dear experiences

Hallucinogens

The effects of opiates are similar to the effects of which neorotransmitter?

Endorphins

Believed hypnosis involves not only social influence but also dual-processing state of dissociation

Ernest Hilgard

Which of the following groups of characteristics best describes the REM sleep stage?

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

After taking a psychoactive drug for many years, Carl stops taking it. He finds withdrawal to be physically painful, because the drug that he had been taking caused his brain to stop producing its own endorphins. Which drug was he taking?

Heroin

Which of the following dream theories state that dreams help us sort out the day's events and consolidate our memories

Information-proccessing

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

Lowered muscle tone

Sigmund Freud beloved that a dream's ____ content deflected the deep, underlying meaning of the dream

Manifest

-In sleep you may experience fantastic images resembling hallucinations. - Sensation of falling or slowing. Sometimes your limbs may or may not jerk. -These hypnagogic sensations may later be incorporated into your memories

NREM-1

Shortly after falling asleep, James experiences the hypnagogic sensation of falling. It is most likely that he is in which stage of sleep?

NREM-1

-Relax more deeply and in roughly 20m you will experience bursts of rapid rhythmic brain wave activity and k-complexes

NREM-2

-Finally slow your brain's waves and this lasts for about 30 mins and your brain emits large slow delta waves and you are hard to be awakened

NREM-3

Increased frequency, depth, and intensity of rapid-eye-movement. Caused by sleep deprivation. The tendency for REM sleep to increase.

REM Rebound

Ana is instructed by her doctor to wear a patch over one eye while an infection heals. While wearing the patch, Ana will lose her ability to use which of the following depth perception cues?

Retinal disparity

Which of the following is the correct path a neural impulse will follow through the different layers of the retina?

Rods and cones, bipolar cells, ganglion cells, optic nerve

Who discussed a continuous "stream and movement flowering into the next"

William James

The change in the curvature of the lens that enables the eye to focus on objects at various distances is called

accommodation

The reversible figure above illustrates the Gestalt organizing principle of

figure-ground

Visual acuity is best in the

fovea

Convergence is a binocular depth cue that is based on the

muscular tension that occurs when the eyes turn inward

The process of converting incoming physical energy into a neural code that can be processed is called

transduction