Exam 9: Consciousness

Hilgard noted that people undergo certain changes when they are hypnotized.List and describe four of these changes.

The night before the Psych 100 midterm,Mehmet had a dream where he saw himself being chased by his Psych 100 instructor.He believes that this was some random byproduct of his REM sleep.Mehmet probably believes in the ____ theory of dreams.

Betty was initially taking a psychoactive drug to help her lose weight and stay awake in class.Unfortunately,she has begun to experience restlessness and sleeplessness.Betty is experiencing the effects of prolonged use of ____.

Reese is a hypnotist and believes strongly that he can produce an altered state of consciousness in people; therefore,he believes in the ____ theory of hypnosis.

You are watching a TV infomercial featuring a famous hypnotist.During her pitch,she makes four general statements about effective uses of hypnosis.Based on your thorough reading of the text,you know that one of the hypnotist's claims is false.Which one is it?

On the computer,Demetrius is presented with pictures of birds below his conscious awareness.Then Demetrius is presented with a second set of pictures,including birds,dogs,and airplanes.He is asked to call out what he sees in each picture.According to priming experiments,Demetrius should call out ____.

Ginnie ingests a particular drug and experiences a loss of contact with reality and distorted sensory input.This drug is most likely ____.

Chang listens to music by Live Bait that is supposed to contain the backward message,"It is fun to read my psychology textbook." If Chang's experience is consistent with the research on subliminal messages,how will he be affected?

Sing Tung is given a new drug.As a result,his normal sleep cycle is altered.He moves from stage 0 to stages 1-2-3-4 and then abruptly awakens.The experimenter has recorded his brain activity.Which of the following is not characteristic of Sing Tung's altered sleep cycle?

Tiffany is hypnotized.Afterward,she says that she feels as though some part of her "split off" and agrees to give some control of her thought processes to the hypnotist.What theory of hypnosis best fits her experience?

John,Paul,George,and Ringo are hooked up to electroencephalographs.John is in stage 3 sleep.Paul is also asleep,but he is dreaming.George just fell asleep a few minutes ago and is in stage 1 sleep.Ringo cannot fall asleep and is awake and mentally active.Whose EEG will look different than those produced by the other three?

Tovah is a chemical who works for the GABA company.Tovah's job is to make each GABA branch run efficiently and productively.Based on your text's description of GABA,what kind of chemical is Tovah most likely to be?

Medea is experiencing a high level of stress and tries to create an altered state of consciousness where she will experience inner peace and tranquility.She does this by slowly repeating a soothing phrase to herself.Medea is using ____to reach a state of ____.

Lance gives Israel a drink,telling him it is fruit punch with a tasteless alcohol in it.In actuality,it has no alcohol,but within an hour Israel becomes more aggressive and wild.Israel is experiencing the effects of ____.

REM sleep is beneficial because the locus coeruleus is ____ during that sleep stage,which improves the functioning of neurons that use ____ in the brain.

Which statement is the least plausible explanation of why we sleep?

Desiree is having a dream in which she is being chased by four cartoon characters,who are waving large knives at her."I've got to wake up; this is only a dream," Desiree tells herself while she is in the middle of this dream.Desiree is experiencing ____.

According to the research cited in your text,at ____ of consciousness do backward messages in music affect listeners.

While at a party,Ted uses a drug that is supposed to induce relaxation and elation and increase his sex drive.About an hour later,Ted feels dizzy and nauseous and has trouble breathing.Later he finds out that this drug worked similarly to the neurotransmitter GABA and is sometimes used as a date rape drug.Ted must have used ____.

After being hypnotized in a therapy session,Juan says that he can't remember what went on.This phenomenon is known as ____.