Exam 2 (Ch.3)

an increase in REM sleep

As a participant in a sleep-research study for the past three nights, Tim has been repeatedly disturbed during REM sleep. Tonight, when allowed to sleep undisturbed, Tim will likely experience

dual processing

Brain damage left one woman unable to recognize the width of a block even though she could grasp it with just the right finger-thumb distance. This unusual case illustrates the importance of our normal capacity for

REM sleep

Brain regions that are active as rats learn to navigate a maze show similar activity patterns again as the rats later experience

more likely to experience night terrors and more likely to experience sleepwalking

Compared with adults, children are

REM sleep

Evidence suggests that we consolidate our memories of recent life events through

Stage 1

Fantastic images that are not part of our regular sleep dreams occur during ________ sleep.

REM sleep

Fast and jerky movements of the eyes are especially likely to be associated with

rise with the approach of morning and fall with the approach of night.

Human body temperatures typically

recurring difficulty in falling or staying asleep

Insomnia is a disorder involving

sleep apnea

Mr. Oates always sleeps restlessly, snorting and gasping throughout the night. It is most likely that Mr. Oates suffers from

dreaming

One theory suggests that the brain activity associated with ________ is helpful for developing and preserving neural pathways in the brain.

the circadian rhythm

Our inability to fall asleep early, as we had planned, is most likely a reflection of

tendency for REM sleep to increase following REM sleep deprivation

REM rebound involves the

narcolepsy

Researchers have discovered a gene in dogs that causes

sleep spindles; delta waves

Stage 2 sleep is to ________ as Stage 4 sleep is to ________.

dual processing

The ability to simultaneously monitor the shape as well as the color of an object best illustrates the value of

humans, like most other mammals, need REM sleep.

The occurrence of REM rebound supports the notion that

dual processing

The simultaneous processing of information at both conscious and unconscious levels is called

increase; decrease

Traffic accident rates have been found to ________ after the spring change to daylight savings time and to ________ after the fall change back to standard time.

work more efficiently

When allowed to sleep 9 hours a night on a regular basis, people are most likely to

their eyes are likely to move under their closed eyelids

When people are experiencing vivid dreams

sleep apnea

Which of the following disorders is characterized by the temporary cessations of breathing while asleep?

Voluntary muscles tense and become more active

Which of the following is NOT characteristic of REM sleep?

learn tape-recorded messages to which they are repeatedly exposed

While soundly asleep people cannot

selective attention

You typically fail to consciously perceive that your own nose is in your line of vision. This best illustrates

erotic wishes

According to Freud, the dreams of adults can be traced back to

its underlying but censored meaning

According to Freud, the latent content of a dream refers to

remembered story line of a dream

According to Freud, the manifest content of a dream refers to the

latent content

According to Freud, the personally threatening and censored meaning of a dream is its

circadian rhythm

After flying from California to New York, Arthur experienced a restless, sleepless night. His problem was most likely caused by a disruption of his normal