Exam 5: States of Consciousness

If you foolishly cram before final exams, missing several nights' sleep, what is MOST likely to happen to your sleep cycles the first time you get uninterrupted sleep? You will _____.

The repair/restoration theory of sleep says that sleep serves _____.

Durango was very angry with his stepmother, and wished she were dead.That night Durango dreamed that he pushed her off a cliff.According to Freud, the latent content of Durango's dream would be _____, while the manifest content would be _____.

The _____ theory states that dreams are byproducts of random stimulation of brain cells, whereas the _____ view suggests dreams serve an information processing function and help us sift through our everyday experiences and thoughts.

A famous video from the internet recounts a study where students are tossing a basketball around while a man dressed in a gorilla costume walks through their game.Amazingly, many people watching the video are completely unaware of the ape-like figure.This demonstrates a curious psychological phenomenon called ________.

Which of the following most supports the growth/restoration theory of sleep?

Your assignment in Journalism 101 is to research hypnosis.Which of the following statements would be most ACCURATE to include in your report?

Just before sleep, brain waves move from _____ waves, indicating normal wakefulness, to _____ waves associated with drowsy relaxation.

In mid-sentence, your friend suddenly slumps over on the couch and appears to have entered the REM stage of sleep.Which of the following is the BEST explanation for your friend's behavior?

Opiates are used to achieve _____.

Which of the following is NOT characteristic of REM sleep?

Degenerated neurons in certain parts of the brain have been observed in dogs with _____.

Sleepwalking is MOST likely to occur in _____.

_____ occur during stage three of non-REM sleep and are characterized by intense physiological arousal and a state of panic.

Which of the following is true?

The idea that dreams are the byproduct of random stimulation of brain cells, and that the brain attempts to combine this spontaneous activity into coherent patterns, is known as the _____ hypothesis of dreaming.

Pat is dreaming about a stranger who is carrying a weapon.According to research on gender and dream content, it is MOST likely that Pat is _____.

_____ act on the nervous system to increase its overall activity and general responsiveness.

The condition that compels someone to use a specific drug or engage in a certain kind of compulsive activity is called ______.

A drug that has a molecular structure similar to the body's own neurotransmitter is called _____.