Psych Chapter 3

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True or False: Most university students are "evening" persons whose performance improves throughout the day

True

True or False: People prone to delinquency and violence have fewer vivid fantasies

True

True or False: People who sleep seven to eight hours a night tend to outlive those chronically sleep deprived

True

True or False: Under hypnosis, people can be induced to perform acts they would otherwise find immortal.

True

True or False: owls tend to be slightly brighter than larks

True

Dual processing

organizing and interpreting information simultaneously

S.A.D

seasonal affective disorder- 4-1 female to male ratio

Cognitive Neuroscience

the study of brain activity associated with perception, thinking, memory, and language

True or False: Larks are less persistent, agreeable, and less apt to procrastinate than owls

False

True or False: Most psychologists believe that dreams provide a key to understanding our inner conflicts.

False

True or False: The majority of the characters in men's dreams are female.

False

True or False: The most common dreams are those with sexual imagery

False

True or False: Under hypnosis, people can be induced to do things they would otherwise find impossible.

False

True or False: in large amounts, alcohol is a depressant; in small amounts, it is a stimulant

False

True or False: those given morphine to control pain often become addicted to the drug.

False

Are owls or larks more likely to be labeled as happy?

Larks

NREM 3

Minimal awareness

tryptophan is

an amino acid found only in food that stimulates production of melatonin and serotonin

mindfulness

being fully present

Two tracks of our mind:

conscious and unconscious

bright light delays/brings sleep

delays

NREM 1

fleeting images

Melatonin is produced by the

pineal gland

REM

rapid eye movement, a story like dream

Consciousness

the varying states of mental activity that we flit between

True or False: daydreaming and fantasies occur in the right brain

true

Do our consciousness or unconsciousness "rule" our lives?

unconsciousness


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