Quiz #4

Which of the following is a symptom of REM sleep behavior disorder (RBD)?

kicking and punching while asleep

Cataplexy is a symptom associated with ________.

narcolepsy

Tariq depends on cigarettes to relieve his stress, though he smokes so frequently that he experiences no significant, noticeable physical symptoms when he is not smoking. What does this exemplify?

psychological dependence

Crack is regarded as more addictive than cocaine because it is ________.

smokable, so it reaches the brain more quickly

Mohammed is sleeping. His eyelids are quivering because his eyes are darting around. Mohammed is probably experiencing ________ sleep.

REM

Coffee is probably the most widely used of all psychoactive substances in the world?

True

__________ is the act of focusing on a single target to increase awareness of the moment.

meditation

Samek was driving to work when he suddenly felt paralyzed and couldn't resist falling asleep. Samek may have __________

narcolepsy

The suprachiasmatic nucleus of the ________ is the brain structure that controls one's own biological circadian rhythm clock

hypothalamus

In Freud's model of dreams, the hidden meaning of a dream is called the __________ content.

latent

Which theory of dreams suggested that they do not, in fact, have any meaning at all but rather are simply the brain's attempt to make sense of random neural firing that occurs while we sleep?

The activation-synthesis model

What occurs during stage 1 sleep?

both our respiration and heartbeat slow down

Bev likes to be up late at night and sleep in; Caleb likes to wake up with the sun and go to bed early. A psychologist would say they have different ________.

chronotypes

Bev likes to be up late at night and sleep in; Caleb likes to wake up with the sun and go to bed early. A psychologist would say they have different ___________.

chronotypes

Sleepwalking, night terrors, and restless leg syndrome are all examples of________.

parasomnias

Cocaine is considered a ________ drug because it tends to increase overall levels of neural activity.

stimulant

Victoria has accumulated a large sleep debt. This means that she ________.

suffers from chronic sleep deprivation