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