Psychology Chap 7 States of Consciousness Multiple Choice

ALL OF THE ABOVE daydreaming, sleeping, and hypnosis

young adults

when this is disrupted, we experience jet lag

Sleep spindles predominate during this sleep stage

the body experiences increased heart rate, rapid breathing, and genital arousal occurs in this sleep stage

90 minutes

ALL OF THE ABOVE suppression of the immune system, altered metabolic and hormonal functioning impaired creativity increased accident proneness

decrease of REM sleep

Cocaine and crack produce a euphoric rush by…

alcohol

modern discovery of hypnosis

hypnosis is NOT associated with a distinct physiological state

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

a symbolic fulfillment of erotic wishes

alteration of neural activity in the brain

biological factors place some individuals at increased risk for addiction

at its beginning, psychology focused on the study of this

dreaming is an attempt to escape from social stimulation

the sleep-waking cycles of young people who stay up too late typically last this long

the lowest rates of drug use among high school seniors is reported by…

REM sleep deprivation results in a REM rebound

these theorists believe that the mind and the body are separate entities

the transfer of experiences to long-term memory

awake and relaxed

regular body cycles that occur on a 24 hour schedule

a person who requires increasing amounts of a drug in order to feel its effect is said to have developed this

sudden sleep attacks during the day

genital arousal occurs is characteristic of this sleep stage

NOT a stimulus

greater when people are led to expect it

he said that hypnosis is a dissociation between different levels of consciousness

children whose parents abuse alcohol have a lower tolerance for multiple alcoholic drinks

no more effective than positive suggestion-giving without hypnosis

usually the most powerful determinant of thither teenagers begin using drugs

marijuana

those who believe that hypnosis is a social phenomenon argue that ‘hypnotized\” individuals are…

our awareness of ourselves and our environment

synthetic stimulant and mild hallucinogen that produces euphoria and social intimacy by triggering the release of dopamine and serotonin

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

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

a person who falls asleep in the midst of a heated argument probably suffers from this

NOT suggested as an important aspect of drug prevention and treatment programs

the body’s muscles remain relaxes while the brain and eyes are active

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…

B AND C the dosage needed to produce the desired effect will increase after each use, he will become more and more depressed

although her eyes are closed, her brain is generating bursts of electrical activity. what is occurring?

conscious processing is serial, while subconscious processing is parallel

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

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

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…

actress with a rich imagination

adopted individuals are more susceptible to alcoholism if they had an adoptive parent with alcoholism

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

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

Levar believes that once the body has died, the mind also ceases to exist. Levar is a…

the by-products of marijuana are cleared from the body more quickly than are the by-products of alcohol

they typically consist of fantastic, mystical imagery

if a hypnotist eliminates the motivation for acting, hypnotized subjects become unresponsive

it is nearly impossible to predict whether or not a particular adolescent will experiment with drugs

most daydreaming involves the familiar details of our everyday lives