Question 1

If you have long periods of failing to breathe while asleep,what disorder do you have?​

Accepted Answer

A) Hypersomnia 
B) ​Sleep apnea 
C) ​Narcolepsy 
D) ​Insomnia 
A) Hypersomnia 
B) ​Sleep apnea 
C) ​Narcolepsy 
D) ​Insomnia

Question 2

What specialization do dolphins and whales show in their sleep?​

Accepted Answer

A) Their sleep is composed entirely of REM sleep. 
B) ​They sleep twice as long in summer as they do in winter. 
C) ​They can sleep in half of the brain and not the other. 
D) ​They take 5- to 10-minute naps each hour, all day. 
A) Their sleep is composed entirely of REM sleep. 
B) ​They sleep twice as long in summer as they do in winter. 
C) ​They can sleep in half of the brain and not the other. 
D) ​They take 5- to 10-minute naps each hour, all day.

Question 3

What happens in the procedure known as binocular rivalry?

Accepted Answer

A) One of your eyes is open while the other is closed. 
B) One hemisphere of your brain is activated while the other is quieted. 
C) You view something at a distance while talking about something close at hand. 
D) You see one pattern in one eye and an incompatible pattern in the other eye. 
A) One of your eyes is open while the other is closed. 
B) One hemisphere of your brain is activated while the other is quieted. 
C) You view something at a distance while talking about something close at hand. 
D) You see one pattern in one eye and an incompatible pattern in the other eye.

Question 4

The brain is least active during which stage of sleep?

Accepted Answer

A) REM sleep 
B) Stage 2 
C) Stage 3 
D) Stage 4 
A) REM sleep 
B) Stage 2 
C) Stage 3 
D) Stage 4

Question 5

Periodic limb movement disorder is considered a problem if which of these occurs?​

Accepted Answer

A) The movements knock down lamps or other furniture. 
B) ​The movements waken the person. 
C) ​The movements continue for more than an hour. 
D) ​The movements cause muscle fatigue the next morning. 
A) The movements knock down lamps or other furniture. 
B) ​The movements waken the person. 
C) ​The movements continue for more than an hour. 
D) ​The movements cause muscle fatigue the next morning.

Question 6

​What,if anything,does the rising and setting of the sun contribute to circadian rhythms?

Accepted Answer

A) The rising and setting of the sun causes you to wake up or feel sleepy. 
B) ​The rising and setting of the sun resets your internal circadian rhythm. 
C) ​The rising and setting of the sun teaches you a 24-hour rhythm instead of a faster or slower one. 
D) ​The rising and setting of the sun contributes nothing to circadian rhythms. 
A) The rising and setting of the sun causes you to wake up or feel sleepy. 
B) ​The rising and setting of the sun resets your internal circadian rhythm. 
C) ​The rising and setting of the sun teaches you a 24-hour rhythm instead of a faster or slower one. 
D) ​The rising and setting of the sun contributes nothing to circadian rhythms.

Question 7

​During sleep,when are brain activity and muscle activity least?

Accepted Answer

A) Both brain activity and muscle activity are least during Stage 4 sleep. 
B) ​Both brain activity and muscle activity are least during REM. 
C) ​Brain activity is least during REM and muscle activity is least during Stage 4 sleep. 
D) ​Brain activity is least during Stage 4 sleep and muscle activity is least during REM. 
A) Both brain activity and muscle activity are least during Stage 4 sleep. 
B) ​Both brain activity and muscle activity are least during REM. 
C) ​Brain activity is least during REM and muscle activity is least during Stage 4 sleep. 
D) ​Brain activity is least during Stage 4 sleep and muscle activity is least during REM.

Question 8

Is talking in your sleep something to worry about?​

Accepted Answer

A) No, it is harmless. 
B) ​Yes, but only because you will probably say something embarrassing. 
C) ​Yes, because it indicates that you are developing sleep apnea. 
D) ​Yes, because it indicates that you are at increased risk for Alzheimer's disease. 
A) No, it is harmless. 
B) ​Yes, but only because you will probably say something embarrassing. 
C) ​Yes, because it indicates that you are developing sleep apnea. 
D) ​Yes, because it indicates that you are at increased risk for Alzheimer's disease.

Question 9

Which of these questions about consciousness seems most answerable at present?

Accepted Answer

A) What brain activity occurs when you are conscious of some stimulus? 
B) Why does consciousness exist at all? 
C) Does consciousness have elements, like the elements of chemistry? 
D) What conscious experiences do fetuses, newborns, and infants have? 
A) What brain activity occurs when you are conscious of some stimulus? 
B) Why does consciousness exist at all? 
C) Does consciousness have elements, like the elements of chemistry? 
D) What conscious experiences do fetuses, newborns, and infants have?

Question 10

What is the effect,if any,of hypnosis on pain?

Accepted Answer

A) It has no measurable effect on pain. 
B) It reduces the emotional response to a pain. 
C) It prevents the pain receptors in the skin from reacting. 
D) It does not alter pain at the time, but it decreases memory of the pain later. 
A) It has no measurable effect on pain. 
B) It reduces the emotional response to a pain. 
C) It prevents the pain receptors in the skin from reacting. 
D) It does not alter pain at the time, but it decreases memory of the pain later.

Question 11

Certain people were hypnotized and other people pretended to be hypnotized.Could hypnotists determine which people were hypnotized? If so,how?​

Accepted Answer

A) Hypnotists could identify the really hypnotized people because only they reported plausible memories from early childhood. 
B) ​Hypnotists could identify the really hypnotized people because only they tolerated sharp pain without screaming. 
C) ​Hypnotists could identify the really hypnotized people because only they displayed anger when told to experience it. 
D) ​Hypnotists could not confidently identify the hypnotized people from the pretenders. 
A) Hypnotists could identify the really hypnotized people because only they reported plausible memories from early childhood. 
B) ​Hypnotists could identify the really hypnotized people because only they tolerated sharp pain without screaming. 
C) ​Hypnotists could identify the really hypnotized people because only they displayed anger when told to experience it. 
D) ​Hypnotists could not confidently identify the hypnotized people from the pretenders.

Question 12

​Which blind people,if any,have visual dreams?

Accepted Answer

A) No blind people have visual dreams. 
B) ​People who became blind because of damage to the visual cortex have some visual dreams. 
C) ​People who became blind because of eye damage after early childhood have some visual dreams. 
D) ​All blind people occasionally have visual dreams. 
A) No blind people have visual dreams. 
B) ​People who became blind because of damage to the visual cortex have some visual dreams. 
C) ​People who became blind because of eye damage after early childhood have some visual dreams. 
D) ​All blind people occasionally have visual dreams.

Question 13

When hypnosis relieves pain,is one aspect of the pain experience changing more than another?

Accepted Answer

A) No, all aspects of the experience are changing equally. 
B) The memory of the pain experience changes more than the pain itself. 
C) The physical sensation of pain changes more than the emotional response to it. 
D) The emotional response to the pain changes more than the physical sensation. 
A) No, all aspects of the experience are changing equally. 
B) The memory of the pain experience changes more than the pain itself. 
C) The physical sensation of pain changes more than the emotional response to it. 
D) The emotional response to the pain changes more than the physical sensation.

Question 14

What happens in the brain during a long period of sleeplessness?

Accepted Answer

A) The speed of action potentials decreases. 
B) The brain overheats, causing formation of inappropriate new connections. 
C) The right hemisphere begins to take over some of the left hemisphere's functions. 
D) Some neurons are awake and others are asleep. 
A) The speed of action potentials decreases. 
B) The brain overheats, causing formation of inappropriate new connections. 
C) The right hemisphere begins to take over some of the left hemisphere's functions. 
D) Some neurons are awake and others are asleep.

Question 15

On a submarine with constant artificial light and no sunlight,what happens to a sleep-wake cycle?​

Accepted Answer

A) Depending on the brightness of the light, people are always wakeful or always sleepy. 
B) ​People become alert when they have something to do, but otherwise sleepy. 
C) ​People continue to alternate between wakeful and sleepy on a 24-hour basis. 
D) ​People feel wakeful and sleepy on an irregular and unpredictable basis. 
A) Depending on the brightness of the light, people are always wakeful or always sleepy. 
B) ​People become alert when they have something to do, but otherwise sleepy. 
C) ​People continue to alternate between wakeful and sleepy on a 24-hour basis. 
D) ​People feel wakeful and sleepy on an irregular and unpredictable basis.

Question 16

Dreaming is most common during which stage of sleep?

Accepted Answer

A) REM sleep 
B) Stage 2 
C) Stage 3 
D) Stage 4 
A) REM sleep 
B) Stage 2 
C) Stage 3 
D) Stage 4

Question 17

​According to the activation-synthesis theory,what starts a dream?

Accepted Answer

A) Haphazard spontaneous brain activity 
B) ​Unconscious sexual motivations 
C) ​Repressed childhood memorie 
D) ​Your attempts to predict the future 
A) Haphazard spontaneous brain activity 
B) ​Unconscious sexual motivations 
C) ​Repressed childhood memorie 
D) ​Your attempts to predict the future

Question 18

​What did Sigmund Freud mean by the "manifest content" of dreams?

Accepted Answer

A) The brain activity that occurs during the dream 
B) ​The hidden ideas that the dream symbolizes 
C) ​The content as it appears on the surface 
D) ​The frequency of similar dreams among other people 
A) The brain activity that occurs during the dream 
B) ​The hidden ideas that the dream symbolizes 
C) ​The content as it appears on the surface 
D) ​The frequency of similar dreams among other people

Question 19

Which result implies that your brain processes much information unconsciously?​

Accepted Answer

A) You forget nonsense information faster than meaningful information. 
B) ​You respond faster to a meaningful stimulus than to a nonsense stimulus. 
C) ​You shift attention faster to a meaningful stimulus than to a nonsense stimulus. 
D) ​Your brain shows more response to a meaningful stimulus than to a nonsense stimulus. 
A) You forget nonsense information faster than meaningful information. 
B) ​You respond faster to a meaningful stimulus than to a nonsense stimulus. 
C) ​You shift attention faster to a meaningful stimulus than to a nonsense stimulus. 
D) ​Your brain shows more response to a meaningful stimulus than to a nonsense stimulus.

Question 20

What question should you ask to decide whether you have insomnia?​

Accepted Answer

A) Do you feel sufficiently rested the next day? 
B) ​Do you get as much sleep as most other people your age? 
C) ​Do you get as much sleep now as you did in the past? 
D) ​Do you frequently awaken with bad dreams? 
A) Do you feel sufficiently rested the next day? 
B) ​Do you get as much sleep as most other people your age? 
C) ​Do you get as much sleep now as you did in the past? 
D) ​Do you frequently awaken with bad dreams?

Exam 10: Consciousnessconsciousness

If you have long periods of failing to breathe while asleep,what disorder do you have?​

What specialization do dolphins and whales show in their sleep?​

What happens in the procedure known as binocular rivalry?

The brain is least active during which stage of sleep?

Periodic limb movement disorder is considered a problem if which of these occurs?​

​What,if anything,does the rising and setting of the sun contribute to circadian rhythms?

​During sleep,when are brain activity and muscle activity least?

Is talking in your sleep something to worry about?​

Which of these questions about consciousness seems most answerable at present?

What is the effect,if any,of hypnosis on pain?

Certain people were hypnotized and other people pretended to be hypnotized.Could hypnotists determine which people were hypnotized? If so,how?​

​Which blind people,if any,have visual dreams?

When hypnosis relieves pain,is one aspect of the pain experience changing more than another?

What happens in the brain during a long period of sleeplessness?

On a submarine with constant artificial light and no sunlight,what happens to a sleep-wake cycle?​

Dreaming is most common during which stage of sleep?

​According to the activation-synthesis theory,what starts a dream?

​What did Sigmund Freud mean by the "manifest content" of dreams?

Which result implies that your brain processes much information unconsciously?​

What question should you ask to decide whether you have insomnia?​

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If you have long periods of failing to breathe while asleep,what disorder do you have?

What specialization do dolphins and whales show in their sleep?

Periodic limb movement disorder is considered a problem if which of these occurs?

What,if anything,does the rising and setting of the sun contribute to circadian rhythms?

During sleep,when are brain activity and muscle activity least?

Is talking in your sleep something to worry about?

Certain people were hypnotized and other people pretended to be hypnotized.Could hypnotists determine which people were hypnotized? If so,how?

Which blind people,if any,have visual dreams?

On a submarine with constant artificial light and no sunlight,what happens to a sleep-wake cycle?

According to the activation-synthesis theory,what starts a dream?

What did Sigmund Freud mean by the "manifest content" of dreams?

Which result implies that your brain processes much information unconsciously?

What question should you ask to decide whether you have insomnia?