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
