Question 1

How did some hypnotized people differ from those pretending to be hypnotized?​

Accepted Answer

A) Hypnotized people reported plausible memories from early childhood or past lives. 
B) ​Hypnotized people sometimes reported seeing someone in a chair and also the chair itself. 
C) ​Hypnotized people showed physiological signs of emotion when told to feel the emotion. 
D) ​Hypnotized people sat down when told to, without seeing whether a chair is present. 
A) Hypnotized people reported plausible memories from early childhood or past lives. 
B) ​Hypnotized people sometimes reported seeing someone in a chair and also the chair itself. 
C) ​Hypnotized people showed physiological signs of emotion when told to feel the emotion. 
D) ​Hypnotized people sat down when told to, without seeing whether a chair is present.

Question 2

​Which of the following do dreams SELDOM include?

Accepted Answer

A) Being frozen with fear 
B) ​Repeatedly trying to do something 
C) ​Watching television 
D) ​Falling 
A) Being frozen with fear 
B) ​Repeatedly trying to do something 
C) ​Watching television 
D) ​Falling

Question 3

Why do people almost never act out their dreams during REM sleep?​

Accepted Answer

A) The content of most dreams includes conversations with no action. 
B) ​People learn, beginning in early childhood, to remain quietly in bed. 
C) ​Brain activity is at its minimum during REM sleep. 
D) ​The major postural muscles are paralyzed during REM sleep. 
A) The content of most dreams includes conversations with no action. 
B) ​People learn, beginning in early childhood, to remain quietly in bed. 
C) ​Brain activity is at its minimum during REM sleep. 
D) ​The major postural muscles are paralyzed during REM sleep.

Question 4

What did Franz Mesmer's work lead to?

Accepted Answer

A) Dream research 
B) Hypnosis 
C) Electroencephalography 
D) Psychoanalysis 
A) Dream research 
B) Hypnosis 
C) Electroencephalography 
D) Psychoanalysis

Question 5

What is responsible for the circadian rhythm of wakefulness and sleepiness?​

Accepted Answer

A) An area in the brain generates this rhythm. 
B) ​The body responds to changes in the temperature of the environment. 
C) ​Each individual learns this rhythm by imitating others of its species. 
D) ​The body responds to the same influences that produce the tides. 
A) An area in the brain generates this rhythm. 
B) ​The body responds to changes in the temperature of the environment. 
C) ​Each individual learns this rhythm by imitating others of its species. 
D) ​The body responds to the same influences that produce the tides.

Question 6

The EEG for stage 4 sleep shows what pattern?​

Accepted Answer

A) It has long, slow, high-amplitude waves. 
B) ​It has short, choppy, low-amplitude waves. 
C) ​It is nearly flat. 
D) ​It decreases steadily from one second to the next. 
A) It has long, slow, high-amplitude waves. 
B) ​It has short, choppy, low-amplitude waves. 
C) ​It is nearly flat. 
D) ​It decreases steadily from one second to the next.

Question 7

What is a similarity between hypnosis and meditation?​

Accepted Answer

A) Both are capable of decreasing pain. 
B) ​Both are associated with a pattern of brain activity similar to non-REM sleep. 
C) ​Both can help people recover memories of events from long ago. 
D) ​Both produce a trance state that the person inevitably forgets afterward. 
A) Both are capable of decreasing pain. 
B) ​Both are associated with a pattern of brain activity similar to non-REM sleep. 
C) ​Both can help people recover memories of events from long ago. 
D) ​Both produce a trance state that the person inevitably forgets afterward.

Question 8

While people watched a dot move around a clock,they decided when to flex their wrist,later reporting where the dot was when they made the conscious decision.What was the order of these events in time?​

Accepted Answer

A) Conscious decision, then brain activity, then action 
B) ​Conscious decision and brain activity at the same time, then action 
C) ​Conscious decision, then brain activity and action at the same time 
D) ​Brain activity, then conscious decision, then action 
A) Conscious decision, then brain activity, then action 
B) ​Conscious decision and brain activity at the same time, then action 
C) ​Conscious decision, then brain activity and action at the same time 
D) ​Brain activity, then conscious decision, then action

Question 9

According to current researchers,what does the content of a dream reveal about the dreamer?

Accepted Answer

A) The dreamer's future 
B) ​The dreamer's repressed memories 
C) ​The dreamer's style of learning 
D) ​The dreamer's interests 
A) The dreamer's future 
B) ​The dreamer's repressed memories 
C) ​The dreamer's style of learning 
D) ​The dreamer's interests

Question 10

When researchers briefly flash a word and then present a masking pattern,what is the purpose of the masking pattern?

Accepted Answer

A) To give the observer a signal to respond 
B) To measure how fast people shift attention 
C) To increase stimulation of the visual cortex 
D) To prevent consciousness of the word 
A) To give the observer a signal to respond 
B) To measure how fast people shift attention 
C) To increase stimulation of the visual cortex 
D) To prevent consciousness of the word

Question 11

What must happen before someone becomes hypnotized?​

Accepted Answer

A) The person must undergo weeks of psychotherapy. 
B) ​The person must notify his or her family physician. 
C) ​The person must enter a state of brain activity similar to non-REM sleep. 
D) ​The person must be willing to be hypnotized. 
A) The person must undergo weeks of psychotherapy. 
B) ​The person must notify his or her family physician. 
C) ​The person must enter a state of brain activity similar to non-REM sleep. 
D) ​The person must be willing to be hypnotized.

Question 12

What result says that we are conscious of a stimulus after it occurs,not while it is occurring?

Accepted Answer

A) Two stimuli side by side seem more different than the same stimuli farther apart. 
B) You might not perceive a brief stimulus, but a longer one seems to last the whole time. 
C) A strong stimulus followed by a weaker stimulus increases attention to the weaker one. 
D) After you see a faint stimulus, a stronger one immediately after it seems especially strong. 
A) Two stimuli side by side seem more different than the same stimuli farther apart. 
B) You might not perceive a brief stimulus, but a longer one seems to last the whole time. 
C) A strong stimulus followed by a weaker stimulus increases attention to the weaker one. 
D) After you see a faint stimulus, a stronger one immediately after it seems especially strong.

Question 13

For most people,when does most REM sleep occur?

Accepted Answer

A) Mostly toward the end of the night's sleep 
B) Mostly near the beginning of the night's sleep 
C) Mostly around the middle of the night's sleep 
D) Approximately once every hour 
A) Mostly toward the end of the night's sleep 
B) Mostly near the beginning of the night's sleep 
C) Mostly around the middle of the night's sleep 
D) Approximately once every hour

Exam 10: Consciousnessconsciousness

How did some hypnotized people differ from those pretending to be hypnotized?​

​Which of the following do dreams SELDOM include?

Why do people almost never act out their dreams during REM sleep?​

What did Franz Mesmer's work lead to?

What is responsible for the circadian rhythm of wakefulness and sleepiness?​

The EEG for stage 4 sleep shows what pattern?​

What is a similarity between hypnosis and meditation?​

While people watched a dot move around a clock,they decided when to flex their wrist,later reporting where the dot was when they made the conscious decision.What was the order of these events in time?​

According to current researchers,what does the content of a dream reveal about the dreamer?

When researchers briefly flash a word and then present a masking pattern,what is the purpose of the masking pattern?

What must happen before someone becomes hypnotized?​

What result says that we are conscious of a stimulus after it occurs,not while it is occurring?

For most people,when does most REM sleep occur?

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How did some hypnotized people differ from those pretending to be hypnotized?

Which of the following do dreams SELDOM include?

Why do people almost never act out their dreams during REM sleep?

What is responsible for the circadian rhythm of wakefulness and sleepiness?

The EEG for stage 4 sleep shows what pattern?

What is a similarity between hypnosis and meditation?

While people watched a dot move around a clock,they decided when to flex their wrist,later reporting where the dot was when they made the conscious decision.What was the order of these events in time?

What must happen before someone becomes hypnotized?