Exam 6: States of Consciousness

Which of the following supports the restoration model of sleep?

While driving to school, Brandon thinks about his upcoming midterms. When he reaches campus, he realizes that he doesn't remember most of the drive. Because he has been driving for several years, _______________________ allowed him to reach campus safely.

The concept of a "hidden observer" has the strongest association with which of the following?

Karen has a maladaptive pattern of drug use and it has significantly affected her life, including losing her job and getting a divorce. She does not, however, experience withdrawal effects when she stops taking the drug. Drug experts would probably label her as having ___________ dependence.

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 more difficult?

When a person is learning how to type, their behaviour usually involves __________ processing, but someone who can type quickly, efficiently, and accurately is probably utilizing more ____________ processing.

If you are flying west and have lengthened your travel day, the best thing to do in order to reset your circadian clock to the new time zone would be to avoid

You are examining the EEG records of an individual in a sleep lab. The tracing shows a series of high frequency waves resembling alpha or beta waves. But the individual is not awake. Most likely, this individual is in

Most nightmares occur during _____________ sleep.

Ecstasy works primarily by increasing ____________________ functioning, which leaves users feeling empathetic, warm, and elated. When the drug wears off, the user feels sluggish and depressed due to depletion of this same neurotransmitter. Over time, ecstasy can permanently damage receptor sites.

You are attending a demonstration in which a hypnotist tries to hypnotize volunteers from the audience. After using a hypnotic induction, 9 out of 10 volunteers appear to be in some kind of altered state. What is the most likely explanation for why the one volunteer was unaffected by the hypnotic induction?

Yves always has problems with depression during the winter: He feels sadder than normal and is unusually tired when he gets up for the day. His problems always subside in the spring. Yves may have

When our circadian clocks are NOT reset each day, they run on what is called a ______________ circadian rhythm, which is a cycle _____________ 24 hours.

A patient reports to you at the emergency room in a local hospital. You notice that the level of serotonin in his system is way above normal. You know that he has taken some kind of drug. Most likely, this patient has taken

In a condition involving damage to her brain, Rita can recognize people from their voices, but not when she sees their faces. Rita has _______________.

How many stages of sleep are there?

The treatment for insomnia called stimulus control involves limiting the activities that occur in bed to just sleeping. This treatment is most likely based on the ______________ perspective.

Which of the following statements is/are FALSE regarding REM sleep?

If you have entered paradoxical sleep, you are actually in

An individual suddenly falls asleep in the middle of the afternoon. The sleep cycle begins with REM rather than stage 1 sleep. Most likely, this person has