Exam 4: Consciousness

Narcolepsy occurs when ________.

If your physician says you need a treatment called a CPAP device, you are suffering from ________.

You meet a psychologist who says she views hypnosis from the social-cognitive perspective. Which of the following is the best description of what her view of hypnosis would be?

What would you expect to see on the EEG record of a person who is engaged in an episode of sleepwalking?

Cocaine is a(n) __________.

This early researcher did a study that seemed to suggest that people deprived of REM sleep would become paranoid, seemingly mentally ill, from lack of this one stage of sleep.

Russell needs more of the drug he has been using to get the normal high he got when he first started. Russell is experiencing ________.

Mental activities that differ noticeably from normal waking consciousness are known as ______.

Our awareness of various mental processes such as making decisions, daydreaming, reflecting, and concentrating is called __________.

To treat your sleep problem, you are told that you should not nap, you should set your alarm clock to wake up at the same time each day, and you should get out of bed if you cannot sleep. You have insomnia.

Russell needs more of the drug he has been using to get the normal high he used to get when he first started. Russell is experiencing flashbacks.

The most frequently used drug in Western societies is __________.

Your brain waves are being monitored in a sleep laboratory. If you are in deep sleep less than an hour after falling asleep, what brain waves will be detected?

If you have been waking up too early for several weeks, you are probably suffering from ________.

What is the most commonly used and abused depressant?

The trancelike state in which a subject responds readily to suggestions is __________.

Amphetamines are __________.

The activation-synthesis hypothesis of dreaming states that ________.

Which of the following statements is correct?

Melatonin is to ________ as an aspirin is to ________.