CH 3 Quiz

Sara had an argument with her coworker, Adam. That night, Sara had a dream that she was shopping at a mall and Adam was in every store in which she shopped. A psychoanalyst would say that Adam's being at the mall in her dream was an example of which of the following?

The manifest content

While you are reading your textbook, you are aware of your thoughts, sensations, memories, and physical location. Collectively, this awareness is referred to as:

consciousness.

The painful experience associated with termination of the use of an addictive substance is known as

withdrawal

During a normal night's sleep, how many times do we pass through the different stages of sleep?

4 - 7

Sally says that her dream about going to a circus is just her brain attempting to make sense of random stimulation from the brain stem. Sally's explanation is consistent with which of the following theories of dreaming?

Activation-synthesis

Which of the following psychoactive drugs increases nervous system activity?

Cocaine

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

Delta waves.

In terms of the effect on the central nervous system, alcohol is most accurately classified as which of the following types of drug?

Depressant

Cocaine blocks the reuptake of which neurotransmitter?

Dopamine

Jeff lives in the United States, and he recently flew to Spain. Even after sleeping for several hours on the flight, he still felt lethargic for a few days. If Jeff has not caught an illness, which of the following is the most likely explanation for his physical response?

His circadian rhythm has been disrupted.

A patient goes to the doctor's office citing symptoms of difficulty falling asleep and tiredness during the day. Given these symptoms, which of the following might be a correct diagnosis?

Insomnia

In adult humans, which of the following is typically true of REM sleep?

It is correlated with dreaming.

After ingesting a small dose of a psychoactive drug, Allison experienced vivid visual hallucinations and felt as if she were separated from her own body. Allison most likely experienced the effects of

LSD.

REM sleep, generally an "active" state of sleep, is accompanied by which of the following paradoxical characteristics?

Loss of muscle tone

People with this sleep disorder experience uncontrollable attacks of overwhelming sleepiness.

Narcolepsy

All of the following are differences between nightmares and night terrors except.

Nightmares are generally expressions of the dreamer's conscious issues, while night terrors reflect unconscious concerns.

During the night, Mx. Mardi stops breathing repeatedly, frequently gasps for air, and snores loudly at regular intervals. Mx. Mardi is most likely suffering from which of the following conditions?

Sleep apnea

Which of the following is the best analogy for how psychologists view consciousness?

a dimmer switch for a light fixture

An individual who drinks alcohol daily finds it necessary to drink increasing amounts to achieve the state of well being attained in the past. This individual is showing

alcohol tolerance

When a person is suffering from severe pain, the type of drug that will best help alleviate that pain is

an opiate

Which of the following two sleep disorders occur most commonly?

apnea and insomnia

Which neurotransmitter is affected by opiates?

endorphins

Sigmund Freud believed that dream analysis was a useful device for Group of answer choices

gaining insight into unconscious motives

Marijuana falls under what category of psychoactive drug

hallucinogen

Lucid dreaming occurs when people

have dreams in which they are aware that they are dreaming

Sleep paralysis typically occurs in people who are

in REM sleep

Agonists are psychoactive drugs that

mimic and produce the same effect as certain neurotransmitters.

Depressants include alcohol, barbiturates,

opiates.

A common psychological effect of alcohol intake is

reduced inhibition

The rhythmic bursts of brain activity that occur during NREM-2 sleep are called

sleep spindles.

In comparison with older people, babies

spend more time in REM sleep.

In the context of this unit, the term tolerance refers to

the need for an elevated dose of a drug in order to function normally.