Exam 6: Consciousness

Most people have occasional difficulty falling asleep or staying asleep during the night,but true cases of __________ are only reported by about 10-15% of adults.Even in those cases,however,people may underestimate their actual sleep habits.

According to Sigmund Freud,our inner conflicts and unconscious desires can be identified and analyzed through __________.

Which of the following hormones is the closest in its function to melatonin?

Dissociation and selective attention are two possible explanations for the phenomenon of __________.

According to Sigmund Freud,the __________ content of a dream refers to the underlying meaning of the dream through which threatening or unacceptable drives and wishes are discharged.

__________ activity is a process that occurs in the body that people do not have to actively monitor or regulate.

The strange sensations that occur during the period when you are "nodding off" between being awake and being asleep are called hypnagogia.

The preconscious refers to information that is ordinarily outside of your awareness,but that can become available to you with focused attention and effort.

Stimulation of the suprachiasmatic nucleus of the hypothalamus triggers the release of hypocretin,a hormone that induces sleepiness.

According to the theory of Sigmund Freud,there are three levels of content to every dream - the manifest content,the latent content,and the unconscious content.

Which of the following is a viable application of hypnosis?

Which of the following has been demonstrated by research as a skill or ability that is induced via meditation?

Which theory of sleep suggests that we sleep as an evolutionary adaptation that helps shield us from predators and injury when it is dark outside?

What has research into hypnotic age regression found?

K-Complex and sleep spindles are two types of brain activity that indicate the transition into REM sleep.

What sort of changes in brain waves do people experience when they are in a deeply meditative or relaxed state?

Which of the following events that resulted in tragic consequences for people,animals,and the environment did not occur after midnight,suggesting that they may have been caused or at least contributed to by operator fatigue?

Specific body positions,or __________,may be used during meditative yoga to help the practitioner focus inward.

How do scientists know that night terrors are not simply an extension of nightmares?

The fact that body tissue is repaired while we sleep is evidence for the __________ theory of sleep.