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_____ can be defined as our awareness of our environments and ourselves. A. Alternate states of consciousness (ASCs) B. Consciousness C. Selective attention D. States of consciousness

B. Consciousness

A man has a dream about a train traveling through a tunnel, which represents his unhidden desire to engage in sexual intercourse. According to Freud's view of dreaming, what would be the latent content of this dream? A. the train traveling through the tunnel B. sexual intercourse C. his masculinity D. death

B. sexual intercourse

What hormone does the pineal gland release? insulin melatonin estrogen testosterone

melatonin

Physical dependence occurs when a person needs to use a drug to prevent _____. A. tolerance and withdrawal B. withdrawal symptoms C. psychological dependence D. addiction

B. withdrawal symptoms

When a drug enhances the effect of a neurotransmitter, the drug is acting as an _____. A. precursor B. antagonist C. agonist D. synergist

C. agonist

What type of antipsychotic drugs block the receptor sites to which the neurotransmitter dopamine is attached? A. agonist B. precursor C. antagonist D. synergist

C. antagonist

Heroin belongs to which category of drugs? A. stimulant B. depressant C. hallucinogen D. opiate

D. opiate

Which theorist suggested that dreaming may represent a state of protoconsciousness? Carl Jung John Hobson Rosalind Cartwright Sigmund Freud

John Hobson

According to the dissociation view of hypnosis, hypnosis is ________. dissociated from other forms of altered consciousness because it does not involve drugs effectively a dissociated state of consciousness people acting as they do because of social expectations for how a hypnotized person should behave practiced only by people who are already dissociated from reality

effectively a dissociated state of consciousness

What would best explain your baby's breathing irregularly, making little sounds, and moving her eyes rapidly back and forth under closed lids? A. The baby is most likely in the REM sleep stage B. The baby has obviously been awake for several minutes. C. The baby is showing signs of a transition between sleep stages. D. The baby appears to be coming out of Stage 1 sleep.

A. The baby is most likely in the REM sleep stage

Hallucinogens are _____. A. drugs that produce sensory or perceptual distortions B. psychodynamic drugs C. almost always addictive D. often smoked in the form of crack or rock

A. drugs that produce sensory or perceptual distortions

What occurs during stage 1 sleep? Both our respiration and heartbeat quicken. Both our respiration and heartbeat slow down. Our respiration quickens while our heartbeat slows down. Our respiration slows down while our heartbeat quickens.

Both our respiration and heartbeat slow down.

Circadian rhythms are _____. A. rhythmical processes in your brain B. physical and mental changes associated with the cycle of the moon C. biological changes that occur on a 24-hour cycle D. patterns that repeat themselves on a twice-daily schedule

C. biological changes that occur on a 24-hour cycle

Bev likes to be up late at night and sleep in; Caleb likes to wake up with the sun and go to bed early. A psychologist would say they have different ________. chromotropes chronologies chronotypes chromatins

chronotypes

The ________ rhythm is the biological rhythm that occurs over approximately 24 hours. circadian homeostatic meta pineal

circadian

________theory suggests that when people are hypnotized they have voluntarily divided their conscious: one half aware of reality and the other half tuned in to the hypnotist. cognitive behavioral dissociative Jungian social-cognitive

dissociative

Which of the following persons is clearly experiencing insomnia? A. Kipp frequently cannot fall asleep the night before a final exam. B. Kaula regularly sleeps less than eight hours per night. C. Paul wakes up early every morning. D. Consuela persistently has difficulty falling or staying asleep.

D. Consuela persistently has difficulty falling or staying asleep.

If you have to drink several more beers to get the same buzz you used to get with one or two, it is likely that you have developed _____. A. an intolerance to alcohol B. a better ability to metabolize alcohol C. a psychoactive addiction D. a tolerance to alcohol

D. a tolerance to alcohol

Regarding self-control during a hypnotic trance, the MOST accurate statement is: A. A person voluntarily suspends control but remains aware of what suggestions are being made. B. A person retains all self-control. C. A person surrenders all self-control. D. A person is unaware of what's happening.

A. A person voluntarily suspends control but remains aware of what suggestions are being made.

Which of the following is true about antagonist drugs? A. They inhibit the effect of neurotransmitters. B. They increase the release of neurotransmitters. C. They increase the ability to synthesize neurotransmissions. D. They cause reuptake of a neurotransmitter.

A. They inhibit the effect of neurotransmitters.