psychology quiz 3
Sleep
A periodic, natural, reversible loss of consciousness that involves distinct stages is known as
Insomnia
A recurring difficulty in falling or staying asleep is called
Blindsight
Damage to the brain's visual perception track without any damage to the brain's visual action track is associated with a condition known as
Reduced effect of a drug resulting from its regular usage
Drug tolerance refers to the
Depressants
Drugs such as alcohol and opiates that calm neural activity and slow body functions are called
Brainstem
During REM sleep, your skeletal muscles are relaxed because messages from the motor cortex are blocked by the
REM sleep
Evidence suggests that we consolidate our memories of recent life events through
REM sleep
Fast and jerky movements of the eyes are especially likely to be associated with
Manifest
Freud called the remembered storyline of a dream its ______ content.
Sleep apnea
In which of the following disorders does the person repeatedly stop breathing while asleep?
Tolerance
Jana developed a habit of drinking several beers after work each day. Her diminishing feeling of intoxication from the drinks is indicative of
Hallucinations
LSD is most likely to produce
Dopamine
Methamphetamine enhances energy and mood by triggering the release of the neurotransmitter
Experiences uncontrollable attacks of overwhelming sleepiness.
Narcolepsy is a disorder in which a person
Consciousness
Our awareness of ourselves and our environment is called
Tendency for REM sleep to increase following REM sleep deprivation.
REM rebound involves the
Our nervous system is highly active, while our voluntary muscles hardly move.
REM sleep is called paradoxical sleep because
Hallucinations
Sensory experiences that occur without an external sensory stimulus are called
Ghrelin: Leptin
Sleep deprivation increases levels of the hunger arousing hormone _________ and decreases levels of the hunger suppressing hormone _________.
Inattentional blindness
Standing in the checkout line at the grocery store, Jerry looking at his watch to see the time. As a result, he failed to see that a store employee was being robbed by a person just in front of him. Jerry most clearly suffered
Any of these drugs
Taking an overdose of ________ is likely to result in death.
The cocktail party effect
The ability to pay attention to only one voice at a time is called
Has close friends who use drugs
The best predictor of an adolescent's pattern of drug usage is whether the adolescent
Suprachiasmatic nucleus
The circadian rhythm is influenced by light sensitive retinal proteins that trigger signals to the
90 minutes
The human sleep cycle repeats itself about every
Cognitive neuroscience
The interdisciplinary study of brain activity linked with our mental processes is known as
Hallucinogens
The three main categories of psychoactive drugs are depressants, stimulants and
Change blindness
When Jason briefly turned to summon the waiter, his wife quickly switched her glass of red wine with his glass of white wine. Jason's failure to notice that his chosen wine had been replaced best illustrates.
Nicotine
Which of the following drugs is classified as a stimulant?
Ecstasy
Which of the following drugs is most likely to produce a euphoric and feelings of social intimacy?
Selective attention
Because she was listening to the news on the radio, Mrs. Shultz didn't perceive a word her husband was saying. Her experience best illustrates
A pattern of biological functioning that occurs on a roughly 24 hour cycle.
Circadian rhythm refers to
