ap psych ch 7 test
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
hypnosis has been associated with quackery, thanks to the false claims made by:
anton mesmer
the school of thought in psychology that systematically avoided the study of consciousness during the first half of the last century was:
behaviorism
our inability to fall asleep early as we had planned, is most likely a reflection of;
circadian rhythm
Shane, a straight-A student, remembers dreaming that he failed an important chemistry test. According to Freud, Shane's account represents the ________ content of his dream.
dissociated
3 hours after going to sleep, shoshanna's heart rate increases, her breathing becomes more rapid and her eyes move rapidly under her closed lids, researchers suggest that shoshanna is;
dreaming
One theory suggests that the brain activity associated with ________ is helpful for developing and preserving neural pathways in the brain.
dreaming
platos belief the death involves the separation of the mind from the body is known as:
dualism
which of the following is an amphetamine derivative that acts as a mild hallucinogen?
ecstasy
Sensory experiences that occur without a sensory stimulus are called
hallucinations
After sleeping for about an hour and a half, José enters a phase of paradoxical sleep. He is likely to
have very relaxed muscles
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 reviewed by psychologist renewed interest in:
mental processes
which of the following sleep disorders would be the most incapacitating for a commercial bus driver?
narcolepsy
consciousness
our awareness of ourselves and our environment
the activation-synthesis theory best helps to explain why;
people often experience sudden visual images during rem sleep
Just prior to awakening Chinua from a hypnotic state, the therapist told him that during the next few days he would feel nauseous whenever he reached for a cigarette. Chinua's therapist was attempting to make use of
posthypnotic suggestion
while bev was hypnotized, her therapist suggested that during the next several days she would have a strong desire to eat well balanced meals. the therapist was apparently making use of;
posthypnotic suggestion
Studies of marijuana's effects indicate that
regular users may achieve a high with less of the drug than occasional users
which of the following is the best advice for a person concerned about occasional insomnia?
relax and drink a glass of milk before bedtime
sleep apena is a disorder involving
the cessation of breathing during sleep
the need to take larger and larger doses of a drug in order to experience its effects is an indication of;
tolerance
40 year old Lance insists that he never dreams. Research suggests that he probably:
would report a vivid dream if he were awakened during rem sleep