Psychology Chap 7 States of Consciousness Multiple Choice
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ALL OF THE ABOVE daydreaming, sleeping, and hypnosis
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consciousness includes these
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young adults
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tends to daydream most
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when this is disrupted, we experience jet lag
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circadian rhythm
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Sleep spindles predominate during this sleep stage
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Stage 2 of Sleep
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the body experiences increased heart rate, rapid breathing, and genital arousal occurs in this sleep stage
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REM Sleep stage
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90 minutes
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the length of the sleep cycle
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ALL OF THE ABOVE suppression of the immune system, altered metabolic and hormonal functioning impaired creativity increased accident proneness
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effects of chronic sleep deprivation
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decrease of REM sleep
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one effect of sleeping pills
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Cocaine and crack produce a euphoric rush by...
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blocking the reuptake of dopamine in brain cells
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alcohol
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classified as a depressant
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modern discovery of hypnosis
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Mesmer
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hypnosis is NOT associated with a distinct physiological state
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true about hypnosis
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people who heard unusual phrases prior to sleep were awakened each time they began REM sleep. The fact that they remembered less the next morning provides support for this theory of dreaming
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information-processing
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a symbolic fulfillment of erotic wishes
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according to Freud, dreams are this...
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alteration of neural activity in the brain
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psychoactive drugs affect behavior and perception through though this
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biological factors place some individuals at increased risk for addiction
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NOT a common misconception about addiction
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at its beginning, psychology focused on the study of this
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consciousness
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dreaming is an attempt to escape from social stimulation
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NOT mentioned as a theory of dreaming
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the sleep-waking cycles of young people who stay up too late typically last this long
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25 hours in duration
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the lowest rates of drug use among high school seniors is reported by...
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black males
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REM sleep deprivation results in a REM rebound
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True of REM sleep
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these theorists believe that the mind and the body are separate entities
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the dualists
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the transfer of experiences to long-term memory
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alcohol has the most profound effect on this
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awake and relaxed
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EEG shows a high proportion of alpha waves
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regular body cycles that occur on a 24 hour schedule
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circadian rhythms
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a person who requires increasing amounts of a drug in order to feel its effect is said to have developed this
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tolerance
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sudden sleep attacks during the day
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NOT an example of biological rhythm
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genital arousal occurs is characteristic of this sleep stage
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characteristic of REM sleep
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NOT a stimulus
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alcohol
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greater when people are led to expect it
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hypnotic responsiveness
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he said that hypnosis is a dissociation between different levels of consciousness
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hilgard
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children whose parents abuse alcohol have a lower tolerance for multiple alcoholic drinks
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NOT evidence that heredity influences alcohol use
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no more effective than positive suggestion-giving without hypnosis
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as a form of relieving problems such as warts, hypnosis is...
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usually the most powerful determinant of thither teenagers begin using drugs
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peer influence
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marijuana
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THC is the major active ingredient in this
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those who believe that hypnosis is a social phenomenon argue that 'hypnotized" individuals are...
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merely acting out a role
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our awareness of ourselves and our environment
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"consciousness" defined
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synthetic stimulant and mild hallucinogen that produces euphoria and social intimacy by triggering the release of dopamine and serotonin
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MDMA
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dreaming represents the brain's efforts to integrate unrelated bursts of activity in brain areas that process visual images with emotional tone provided by activity in the limbic system
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activation-synthesis theory
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ALL OF THE ABOVE the dosage and form in which the drug is taken the user's expectations and personality the situation in which the drug is taken
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how a particular psychoactive drug affects a person depends upon this
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a person who falls asleep in the midst of a heated argument probably suffers from this
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narcolepsy
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NOT suggested as an important aspect of drug prevention and treatment programs
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"scare tactics" that frighten prepubescent children into avoiding drug experimentation
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the body's muscles remain relaxes while the brain and eyes are active
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REM sleep = paradoxical sleep because
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an attorney wants to know if the details and accuracy of an eyewitness's memory for a crime would improve under hypnosis. Given the results of relevant research, you tell the attorney...
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most hypnotically retrieved memories are either false or contaminated
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B AND C the dosage needed to produce the desired effect will increase after each use, he will become more and more depressed
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male has recently begun using an addictive, euphoria-producing drug. which will occur if he repeatedly uses the drug?
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although her eyes are closed, her brain is generating bursts of electrical activity. what is occurring?
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in REM Sleep
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conscious processing is serial, while subconscious processing is parallel
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concluding he's presentation on levels of information processing, he states that
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ALL OV THE ABOVE if angered, he is more likely to become aggressive than when he is sober he will be less self-conscious about his behavior if sexually aroused, he will be less inhibited about engaging in sexual activity the next day he may be unable to remember what happened while he was drinking
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He is moderately intoxicated by alcohol. Which behavior changes are likely to occur?
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she dreams her boyfriend pushes her in front of an oncoming car. her psychoanalyst suggests that the dream might symbolize her fear that her boyfriend is rushing her into sexual activity prematurely. the analyst is evidently attempting to interpret this
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latent content of her dream
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he has just spent four nights as a subject in a sleep study in which he was awakened each time he entered REM sleep. Now that the experiment is over, he can expect to have this...
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there will be an INCREASE in his REM sleep
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actress with a rich imagination
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who is likely to be the most hypnotically suggestible?
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adopted individuals are more susceptible to alcoholism if they had an adoptive parent with alcoholism
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NOT true about alcoholism
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ALL THE ABOVE for problems of self-control, such as smoking, hypnosis is equally effective with subjects who can be deeply hypnotized and those who cannot posthypnotic suggestions have helped alleviate headaches, asthma, warts, and stress-related skin disorders positive suggestions given without hypnosis are often as effective as hypnosis as a form of therapy
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research studies of the effectiveness of hypnosis as a form of therapy have demonstrated...
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PET scan of a sleeping person's brain reveals increased activity in the visual and auditory areas. this most likely indicates that the sleeper is in this state
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is in REM sleep
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Levar believes that once the body has died, the mind also ceases to exist. Levar is a...
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monist
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the by-products of marijuana are cleared from the body more quickly than are the by-products of alcohol
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NOT true of marijuana
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they typically consist of fantastic, mystical imagery
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true of near-death experiences
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if a hypnotist eliminates the motivation for acting, hypnotized subjects become unresponsive
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those who consider hypnosis a social phenomenon contend this
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it is nearly impossible to predict whether or not a particular adolescent will experiment with drugs
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NOT true concerning the roots of drug use
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most daydreaming involves the familiar details of our everyday lives
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true statement concerning daydreaming
