Exam 5: Consciousness

Which approach to explaining dreams is best supported by the fact that students who are worried about getting a good grade in a class often have recurring dream of running out of time on exams, oversleeping and missing class, or suddenly realizing that a paper deadline was just missed?

Ernie's muscle movements are not inhibited when he is dreaming. As a result, he literally acts out his dreams, sometimes injuring himself in the process. Ernie appears to suffer from

Vanya's legs bother him while he tries to sleep, and he feels the need to constantly move them into different positions. Sometimes it even causes him to wake up in the middle of the night. Vanya would be most likely to be diagnosed with

Trisha is at a club dancing when someone offers her a pill. Soon after taking the drug, she begins to start hugging her friends and telling them how close she feels to them. She also experiences some minor visual hallucinations before passing out from dehydration and heatstroke. What was the pill that Trisha most likely took?

Insomnia is a disorder categorized by the temporary inability to breathe during sleep and results in the person gasping for air.

The neurocognitive hypothesis of dreaming suggests that

The active ingredient in marijuana is __________.

What is the correct order of disorders from the most to least severe?

The activation-synthesis hypothesis of dreaming states that

List and briefly describe the four major categories of psychoactive drugs. What effect do they typically have on the nervous system? Module: 5.3

___________________ is a disorder in which breathing briefly stops during sleep, causing the person to gasp for air.

Sleep researchers use the term ________________ to collectively refer to sleep stages 1-4.

SCN stands for

REM behavior disorder results from

Chemical substances that change moods and perceptions are called __________ drugs.

The deepest stage of sleep is __________ sleep.

The pea-sized gland that is stimulated by light and helps regulate activity levels over the course of a day is the

Which of the following is the most likely order of sleep stages during the first 90 minutes of a night of rest?

During which part of sleep are you most likely to dream?

Hypnosis has been shown to be moderately successful as a therapy for all of the following except: