Exam 6: Consciousness

Professor Stein tells his class,"I'm going to ask you a question,and I want you to think of the answer as fast as possible.What did you have for dinner last night?" The fact that the students were not actively thinking about the previous night's meal but were able to rapidly bring that information into their awareness suggests that the information was stored in the __________.

In a very real way,the __________ theory of dreaming suggests that dreams are actually a "side effect" of the fact that our brains never quite shut down while we are asleep.In fact,according to this theory,the more awake our brain is while we sleep,the more dreams we should experience.

__________ are the sequences of images,feelings,ideas,and impressions that pass through people's minds as they sleep.

The __________ hypnotic susceptibility scale is a measure used to assess individuals' relative degree of hypnotic ability.

At its most basic level,__________ is an exercise in suggestion.

One theory of hypnotic analgesia suggests that it works by inducing a state of __________,which refers to a split in consciousness that allows simultaneous thought sand behaviors to occur apart from each other.

According to the selective __________ function of consciousness,we are able to selectively analyze,interpret,and act on stimuli.In other words,we can choose which events in our surroundings we want to pay attention to and which we want to disregard.

Which of the following is probably the best explanation for why many people claim that they don't dream?

Today,most psychologists define _________ as our awareness of ourselves and our environment.

According to research into an animal's ability to recognize its own reflection in a mirror,which of the following species has been found to possess self-consciousness?

It is possible to make people do things that they would not normally be willing to do as long as a posthypnotic suggestion is properly set.

When you are sleep deprived for several days,you can 'make up' for the lost sleep by getting a long night of extra hours of sleep.

An altered state of consciousness that seeks to enhance self-knowledge and well-being through an extreme sense of calm and relaxation is called __________.

The occasional experience that you may have of being aware that you are dreaming while you are dreaming is called lucid dreaming.

Which of the following levels of consciousness represents the highest level of awareness or alertness?

The __________ theory of sleep suggests that sleep restores and rebuilds recollections of the previous day's experiences,helping them to be more thoroughly encoded and stored for future use.

In the hypothalamus,which area is responsible for controlling the circadian clock by sending messages to the pineal gland to increase or reduce the secretion of melatonin?

Sleep apnea is a sleep disorder that is particularly common among those who are obese.

Around the same time every semester,Professor Martinez notices that student absenteeism starts to increase; specifically,students report being sick more around midterm exam time and around the end of the semester.What is most likely contributing to this increase in the number of students missing classes?

__________ is the study of individual consciousness that addresses subjective experience.