Exam 4: Consciousness

Excessive daytime sleepiness is a symptom of ________.

Your friend has experienced excessive daytime sleepiness. He is laughing with you and suddenly falls to the ground. Your friend is probably suffering from ____________.

Which of the following is not part of the definition of meditation?

Which of the following statements accurately reflects the relationship of the total amount of sleep that an individual receives as a function of age?

Using your bed for sleeping, and only for sleeping, helps train your body to sleep there with less difficulty. This makes use of a form of learning called __________.

Upon just waking up, you report a vivid visual event. What term do psychologists use for such phenomena?

You are watching sleep researchers monitor the sleep of a normal adult. The participant is hooked up to an EEG. What brain waves would you observe as the person becomes drowsy and then enters the first stage of sleep?

Where is the suprachiasmatic nucleus (SCN) located?

Compare and contrast two theories of dreams. Which one do you believe makes more sense and why? What is your theory of dreams?

Night terrors are really a dramatic extension of nightmares.

Melatonin is a ________.

Which device would a sleep researcher use to monitor a sleeping person's brain waves?

Describe some dangers associated with stimulants.

The activation-information-mode model suggests ________.

Sleep spindles appear during ________ sleep.

Jackie has found that when she tries to quit drinking she gets headaches, has night sweats, and shakes uncontrollably. Such a reaction is an example of

Which of the following indicators reflects the possibility of physical dependence?

The active ingredient in marijuana is __________.

To treat your sleep problem, you are told that you should do nothing in your bed but sleep, you should set your alarm clock to wake up at the same time each day, and you should not try too hard to fall asleep. What sleep disorder have you been experiencing?

Why do people sleep?