Exam 6: States of Consciousness

When consuming alcohol, the gross intoxication usually begins when blood alcohol levels reach about?

According to the dissociation theory of hypnosis, why do hypnotic behaviours seem to be involuntary?

According to Freud, dreams fulfil the purpose of?

Explain Freud's three-level model of consciousness.

Dr. Freud believes that Bill's dreams can reveal a lot about the issues he has. In fact, he believes that Bill has an unconscious urge to have sex with strangers. To support this Dr. Freud would look for symbols in the

Research has supported that hypnosis can have striking physiological effects that cannot be replicated with non-hypnotized participants.

You are called in to consult on a homicide case. The coroner has run a tox screen on the victim and found altered levels of GABA and glutamate in the brain. You would like to know what, if any, drugs the victim might have taken prior to the incident. So, your immediate suspicion is

Orne (1959) conducted a study in which he told college students during a demonstration that hypnotized participants usually experience stiffening of the muscles in the dominant hand, even though this rarely occurs. When students who had heard this were later hypnotized, 55 percent of them showed hand-stiffening, while the percentage of the participants in a control group who knew nothing about hand stiffening was ___________ percent.

You go out with friends to see a hypnotist at a local bar. If you wanted to sure that the people who were hypnotized were really in an altered state, you would look for evidence of

Pseudomemories or false memories are most relevant to which of the following?

Jose and Carlos were both hired to work the night shift at the local canning factory. Jose sleeps when he gets home from about 7am until 3pm during the week and then sleeps at night on the weekends so that he can spend time with his children. Carlos is not married and tries to sleep at the same time every day, from 7am until 3 pm both during the week and on the weekends. All other factors being equal which of the following statements is most likely true?

Elaborate visual imagery, also known as dreams are a characteristic of which stage of sleep?

As you become drowsy, alpha waves become more present, but when you fall asleep, during stage 1 sleep, these waves are replaced by slower ___________ waves.

Heroin, which was originally marketed as a cough suppressant, is a highly addictive _________.

Fred is having a vivid dream about running in a marathon. His body does NOT mimic this running because

You have just returned home after being away on vacation for several weeks. Your body had adjusted to the different time zone you were in, which was eight hours ahead of your local time at home. You slept for 8 hours on the flight back and it is now just a few minutes before midnight local time as you walk in your front door. Now that you are back home, what factor could make readjusting to your usual time zone less difficult?

Sleep spindles are a characteristic of sleep stage 2.

A friend of yours has been in a 6-month treatment program for drug addiction. He is doing well, and has been free of drugs for a while, but when you pick him up after he is released from the program and bring him back to his usual neighbourhood, he begins to experience drug cravings and withdrawal symptoms. This is most likely because ______.

Jane falls asleep at almost the same time every night, and has a similar regular waking pattern each morning. Her sleep-wake cycle is regulated by the brain's _______________.

According to the _______________ dreams are very meaningful and reflect your desires.