Exam 6: Consciousness

After a very long day at work,Alisa fell asleep much earlier than usual,somewhere around 7:30 pm.The television in her bedroom was left on,and she slept right through the baseball game that was televised between 8:30 and 11:30 pm.The next morning,on her way to work,she had a vague sense that her home team had won the game 7-6 in extra innings.Amazingly,the announcer came on the air a few moments later and reported that the home team had won last night in an amazing extra-innings game,with a final score of 7-6.Alisa probably should not go to work as a psychic,because her knowledge of the baseball game's outcome was a result of __________.

Stosh is a very deep sleeper.His college roommates know that when he is very deep into ____________ sleep,it might be extremely difficult to wake him up,and if they do manage to get him awake he will be groggy and disoriented.

Which level of consciousness includes metacognition?

The average human being will have over 100,000 dreams in his or her lifetime.

Many over-the-counter remedies have names that resemble the actual chemical or physiological mechanism that they impact.Which of the following product names would be most likely to affect your ability to sleep?

What has science suggested is the reason for the rapid eye movement that occurs in human beings while they are experiencing vivid dreams?

Which of the following types of brain activity are present during stage 2 sleep?

Which of the following is a type of consciousness with which we interact on a regular basis?

Franklin had a dream last night that he was floating down a river in a boat with no oars.He had no motor,no sail,and no way of controlling the boat.According to Freud,the manifest content of this dream is

The suprachiasmatic nucleus of the __________ serves as the human internal alarm clock,responding to changes in light that trigger us to sleep or wake up.

Which of the following physical events occurs during REM sleep?

Hypnotic __________ consists of pain relief through hypnosis.

Young Marita has periods during her sleep when she will appear to wake up,and will scream,kick and thrash,and appear to be in significant distress as she breathes faster and faster.Which of the following statements best explains what is happening?

Which of the following is an effective method of inducing an altered state of consciousness?

Dr.Petrich is a dentist who specializes in treating those with extreme anxiety of dental work.In addition to the availability of nitrous oxide (commonly referred to as laughing gas),Dr.Petrich's office offers private rooms with soothing music,televisions in the ceilings that show relaxing images like beaches and clouds,and headphones that offer supportive and calming messages.Dr.Petrich's patients are being given a form of __________ to help reduce their anxiety and actual experience of pain while receiving dental work.

Which stage of sleep is characterized by an increase in delta wave activity in the brain?

Ira was watching television in his living room,while his wife Michelle was watching a television in the kitchen.Even though they were watching two completely different channels and could both hear the television from the other room,they were each able to focus on their own television program without loss of concentration or enjoyment.This is an example of the __________ function of consciousness.

__________ is defined as the natural loss of consciousness.

Which of the following sleep disorders is most commonly seen in children?

EEG studies of those engaged in meditation have found what neurological changes?