Exam 9: Consciousness

Gwendolyn and George attend the famous Dr.Shelmadine's "Hypnotism Show." Gwendolyn finds it to be an amazing demonstration of altered consciousness and marvels at how the hypnotized participants do exactly as instructed and are not embarrassed or uncomfortable.George disagrees; he believes the participants are simply going along with Dr.Shelmadine's suggestions because they think they should.Gwendolyn's view is most like the ____ theory of hypnosis,George's is most like the ____ theory.

The textbook lists several conditions that have been successfully treated with marijuana.Which condition is not listed?

Cognitive neuroscientists are interested in using neuroimaging techniques to differentiate between thoughts that take place both above and below a person's awareness.In other words,cognitive neuroscientists are studying ____.

A middle-aged man accosts you in a campus building and insists on telling you that several horses must have gotten into the building because he can hear them whinnying wherever he goes.This man is probably suffering from ____.

Which of the following is not a characteristic of REM sleep?

As Desmond puts on his glasses in the morning,he is keenly aware of the sensation of the frames touching his nose.However,as the day goes on and he gets absorbed in other activities,the sensation of his glasses resting on his nose fades from his awareness.At this point,the sensations of the glasses on Aaron's nose are ____.

Jess memorizes a list of words.One week later,he is asked to write as many of the words as he can recall,but he remembers only a few of the words.Then Jess is asked to fill in the missing letters of word fragments.Some of the words on this task are from the list he had been asked to memorize a week ago,and some are not.Jess fills in the blanks of the words he had seen a week ago faster and more accurately,compared to words that had not been on the list.This study demonstrates the effect of ____.

Brodie ingests a drug and experiences a distortion of time and sensory input.He is at risk for experiencing severe short-term memory loss and violent outbursts.The drug he has taken is most likely ____.

People who experience posttraumatic stress disorder are at high risk of experiencing ____,which occur(s)during REM sleep and may be treatable with imagery therapy.

Kevin takes a highly addictive drug that activates the brain's painkilling and mood-altering systems.Kevin is least likely to be taking ____.

Which condition,if left untreated,would you be most likely to detect in one of your instructors if your only contact with your instructor was during class?

Silas participated in a psychology experiment in which he was shown a series of word pairs and was asked to rate them on the basis of how well they fit together.Two days later,he was shown the same pairs of words,but this time,one of the words in the pair was missing.Nevertheless,Silas recalls almost all the missing words even though he was not asked to remember them.The type of study that he participated in was most likely interested in the effects of ____.

Kira has been having trouble with her sleeping and eating patterns lately.Sometimes she sleeps from midnight until 6 a.m.; sometimes from noon until 7 p.m.She also eats at radically different times during the day.Her doctor should suspect that she is deficient in what hormone?

After taking a pill,Dante feels euphoric.In fact,doesn't feel any pain when he rams his knee into the table.Dante most likely took a(n)____.

Research indicates that marijuana use is least associated with which symptom?

After Merton has been sleeping for about ninety minutes,his heart begins to beat faster,his breathing grows fast and irregular,and his closed eyes begin to move back and forth.Merton is most likely experiencing ____.

Dr.Krain's specialty is psychopharmacology.This means that she studies ____.

Art says he can feel the wheels in his mind turning when he is thinking.Of course,he cannot actually sense the activity in his brain because it occurs at the ____ level.

If proper precautions or treatments are not taken,which sleep disorder is most likely to be fatal?

You see a therapist because you have been suffering from insomnia for the past two months.The therapist discusses learning-based treatments that may help you,including ____.