Exam 6: Consciousness

Self-_________ occurs when we notice our own successes,and self-__________ occurs when we notice our own shortcomings.

Marti was having difficulties with headaches lately,so she went to a neurologist for an examination.After extensive testing and investigation,it was revealed that she had a tumor on her __________ gland.The doctor said to her "the biggest problem with this sort of tumor is that it is going to start interrupting your sleep.That is because it is supposed to release melatonin into your bloodstream,but as the tumor grows it will be unable to do so." Which part of Marti's endocrine system is afflicted with this tumor?

Which part of the endocrine system is responsible for receiving messages from the suprachiasmatic nucleus of the hypothalamus and releasing the hormone melatonin into the bloodstream?

Which of the following individuals will generally need the most sleep in a day?

Hypnosis can be used to cure any psychological ailment,particularly substance abuse illnesses, provided it is administered by a properly trained,competent professional.

While many Eastern cultures and religious value meditation as a way of direction consciousness away from worldly preoccupations,_________ meditation involves a focused awareness of everything you experience.

Sheri has been having difficulty sleeping lately,and the problem has gotten bad enough that is interfering with her daily functioning.At the suggesting of her physician,she goes to a sleep laboratory to see if something treatable is going on.The sleep specialists want to study her brain activity while she sleeps,so which of the following instruments is she most likely to be connected to during the night in the lab?

Approximately ___% of children between 3 and 12 years of age have at least one instance of sleepwalking that lasts between 2 and 10 minutes.

Abdulkadir had a very strange thing happen to him last night.He was sound asleep in bed,and he was dreaming that he was at a party when he won the $250 million dollar lottery spin.As everyone was screaming,jumping up and down,and celebrating,Abdulkadir had the strangest sensation that he was actually dreaming.As it turns out,unfortunately,he was right.What principle explains this experience?

__________ is a sleep disorder characterized by recurring difficulty falling or staying asleep.

Marvin has been a 3-pack-a-day smoker for at least 15 years,and he recognizes that he is very lucky not to be very sick already.He's decided to try various methods for quitting cigarettes,and he read that one method might be playing tapes of encouraging messages while he sleeps so that he can learn not to smoke.This method,which involves learning while we are asleep,is called __________.

According to research,65% of people in the dreams of men are __________.

Credit for the development of the techniques of modern hypnosis goes to __________.

Most of your vivid dreams take place in the deepest sleep stage,which is stage 4.

Hypnotic __________ refers to a high susceptibility to hypnotism.

Sleepwalking is most likely to occur near the end of which stage during sleep?

Jason and his wife Mitzi often disagree about the colors of her outfits.Mitzi loves to wear a pink blouse with brown pants,while Jason feels that pink and brown do not 'go together' in a good way.On the one hand,this may simply reflect different opinions about colors.On the other hand,this may reflect the fact that they have a fundamental difference in perception of what brown and pink look like.This difficulty knowing the consciousness of others is known as the __________.

oHoHHow many stages of sleep are there in human beings?

__________ is a period of transition between being awake and being asleep.

Generally speaking,at what point in a 24-hour period is our body temperature going to at its peak,or highest?