AP Psychology - Unit 5 - States of Consciousness - REVIEW QUESTIONS

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Which of the following is a psychedelic drug?

LSD

The hypnagogic sensations of falling or floating are most likely to occur during which sleep stage?

NREM-1

Nightmares are to ________ as night terrors are to ________

REM sleep; NREM-3 sleep

At 3 o'clock in the morning, John has already slept for 4 hours. As long as his sleep continues, we can expect an increasing occurrence of

REM, (REM Sleep)

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

REM, (REM Sleep)

Alpha waves are associated with

a relaxed but awake state

François was dismayed to discover that some of his football teammates were using drugs to enhance their footwork and endurance on the playing field. Which of the following drugs were the players most likely using?

amphetamines

The school of thought in psychology that systematically avoided the study of consciousness during the first half of the last century was

behaviorism

Which of the following is the most widely consumed psychoactive substance?

caffeine

The large, slow brain waves associated with deep sleep are called

delta waves

Sleep deprivation has been shown to

diminish immunity to disease

People hypnotized for pain relief may show activity in brain areas that receive pain sensations but not in brain areas that make us consciously aware of the pain. This most directly supports the theory that hypnosis involves

dissociation

The release of stored serotonin and the eventual damage of serotonin-producing neurons is most closely associated with the long-term use of

ecstasy

The greatest danger of viewing drug addiction as a disease is that this may lead drug addicts to

feel powerless to overcome the addiction

Hypnotized people are no more likely to perform dangerous acts than those who are asked to simulate hypnosis. This fact is most consistent with Freud's dream theory.the activation-synthesis theory.social influence theory. Correct!withdrawal theory.dissociation theory.

hypnosis dissociates the pain sensation from the emotional suffering that people expect from pain.

Researchers have demonstrated that people trained to perform tasks recall them better after a night's sleep than after several hours awake. This finding suggests that sleep

is involved in the memory process

Chronic sleep debt is most likely to promote

obesity/weight gain

Morphine and heroin are

opiates

While Andrew was hypnotized, his therapist suggested that during the next several days he would have a strong desire to eat well-balanced meals. The therapist was apparently making use of

posthypnotic suggestion

Compared with when they were only 20 years old, 60-year-olds

spend less time in deep sleep

Participants in a sexual stimulation study who mistakenly thought they had consumed alcohol were more likely to report having strong sexual fantasies and feeling guilt-free than those who thought they had not consumed alcohol. This study best illustrated the impact of

user expectations

When oxygen deprivation just prior to death turns off the brain's inhibitory cells, neural activity increases in the

visual cortex


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