Question 1

During attempts to use hypnosis to aid memory,what is the usual result?​

Accepted Answer

A) Hypnotized people report the same memories as if they had not been hypnotized. 
B) ​Hypnotized people report more items, but most of the new items are incorrect. 
C) ​Hypnotized people report more items, and most of the new items are correct. 
D) ​Hypnotized people report fewer items, but everything they report is correct. 
A) Hypnotized people report the same memories as if they had not been hypnotized. 
B) ​Hypnotized people report more items, but most of the new items are incorrect. 
C) ​Hypnotized people report more items, and most of the new items are correct. 
D) ​Hypnotized people report fewer items, but everything they report is correct.

Question 2

Overweight middle-aged men have an increased risk of which disorder?​

Accepted Answer

A) Narcolepsy 
B) ​Sleep apnea 
C) ​Parkinson's disease 
D) ​Korsakoff's syndrome 
A) Narcolepsy 
B) ​Sleep apnea 
C) ​Parkinson's disease 
D) ​Korsakoff's syndrome

Question 3

The sleep spindles that occur during stage 2 sleep are important for what?

Accepted Answer

A) Dreaming 
B) Inhibiting movement of major postural muscles during dreaming 
C) Suppressing activity of the sense organs 
D) Storing and improving memory 
A) Dreaming 
B) Inhibiting movement of major postural muscles during dreaming 
C) Suppressing activity of the sense organs 
D) Storing and improving memory

Question 4

The brain is most 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

What is characteristic of REM sleep?

Accepted Answer

A) High brain activity and much muscle activity 
B) High brain activity and little or no muscle activity 
C) Low brain activity and much muscle activity 
D) Low brain activity and little or no muscle activity 
A) High brain activity and much muscle activity 
B) High brain activity and little or no muscle activity 
C) Low brain activity and much muscle activity 
D) Low brain activity and little or no muscle activity

Question 6

Someone with narcolepsy has trouble doing what?​

Accepted Answer

A) Falling asleep 
B) ​Remembering dreams 
C) ​Staying awake during the day 
D) ​Breathing while asleep 
A) Falling asleep 
B) ​Remembering dreams 
C) ​Staying awake during the day 
D) ​Breathing while asleep

Question 7

Long,slow waves on an EEG indicate what about a sleeping person?​

Accepted Answer

A) Synchronized neuronal responses and overall low brain activity 
B) ​Synchronized neuronal responses and overall high brain activity 
C) ​Desynchronized neuronal responses and overall low brain activity 
D) ​Desynchronized neuronal responses and overall high brain activity 
A) Synchronized neuronal responses and overall low brain activity 
B) ​Synchronized neuronal responses and overall high brain activity 
C) ​Desynchronized neuronal responses and overall low brain activity 
D) ​Desynchronized neuronal responses and overall high brain activity

Question 8

You don't consciously perceive a brief masked visual stimulus,but you do perceive a slightly longer one,which seems to have lasted the entire duration.What is the implication of this result?

Accepted Answer

A) Consciousness depends on connections between the brain and the spinal cord. 
B) You sometimes construct a perception after a stimulus, not while it is occurring. 
C) Unconscious mental processes can complete complex reasoning. 
D) You need to have equal activity in both hemispheres of the brain to be conscious. 
A) Consciousness depends on connections between the brain and the spinal cord. 
B) You sometimes construct a perception after a stimulus, not while it is occurring. 
C) Unconscious mental processes can complete complex reasoning. 
D) You need to have equal activity in both hemispheres of the brain to be conscious.

Question 9

What type of person is most likely to develop sleep apnea?​

Accepted Answer

A) Overweight middle-aged men 
B) ​Teenagers who smoke cigarettes 
C) ​Women with a history of anorexia or bulimia 
D) ​Former soldiers with post-traumatic stress disorder 
A) Overweight middle-aged men 
B) ​Teenagers who smoke cigarettes 
C) ​Women with a history of anorexia or bulimia 
D) ​Former soldiers with post-traumatic stress disorder

Question 10

​If you wake up and find yourself temporarily unable to move,what is the probable explanation?

Accepted Answer

A) You may be in the first stages of Parkinson's disease. 
B) ​Part of your brain woke up and another part didn't. 
C) ​You are terrified by your most recent dream. 
D) ​Your nerve-muscle junctions failed to rebuild enough neurotransmitters during sleep. 
A) You may be in the first stages of Parkinson's disease. 
B) ​Part of your brain woke up and another part didn't. 
C) ​You are terrified by your most recent dream. 
D) ​Your nerve-muscle junctions failed to rebuild enough neurotransmitters during sleep.

Question 11

Most young adults' dreams have what characteristic?​

Accepted Answer

A) Their dreams accurately predict the future. 
B) ​Their dreams include bizarre images unlike anything seen in real life. 
C) ​Their dreams are mostly about success and good luck. 
D) ​Their dreams are mostly about threats and unhappy events. 
A) Their dreams accurately predict the future. 
B) ​Their dreams include bizarre images unlike anything seen in real life. 
C) ​Their dreams are mostly about success and good luck. 
D) ​Their dreams are mostly about threats and unhappy events.

Question 12

Someone who was really hypnotized,not pretending,would probably say which of these?

Accepted Answer

A) I became unaware of my surroundings. 
B) I was under someone else's power. 
C) I was in an extreme trance. 
D) I experienced a mild influence. 
A) I became unaware of my surroundings. 
B) I was under someone else's power. 
C) I was in an extreme trance. 
D) I experienced a mild influence.

Question 13

​Which body organ generates our 24-hour rhythm of wakefulness and sleepiness?

Accepted Answer

A) The brain 
B) ​The adrenal gland 
C) ​The heart 
D) ​The thyroid gland 
A) The brain 
B) ​The adrenal gland 
C) ​The heart 
D) ​The thyroid gland

Question 14

What treatment is most common for people with narcolepsy?​

Accepted Answer

A) A diet that avoids phenylalanine 
B) ​Weight loss 
C) ​Stimulant and antidepressant drugs 
D) ​Psychoanalysis 
A) A diet that avoids phenylalanine 
B) ​Weight loss 
C) ​Stimulant and antidepressant drugs 
D) ​Psychoanalysis

Question 15

In what way is hypnosis similar to dreaming?

Accepted Answer

A) Mental activity becomes separate from brain activity. 
B) The person loses all contact with the real world. 
C) Brain activity indicates REM sleep. 
D) The person accepts contradictory information without protest. 
A) Mental activity becomes separate from brain activity. 
B) The person loses all contact with the real world. 
C) Brain activity indicates REM sleep. 
D) The person accepts contradictory information without protest.

Question 16

What happens during hypnosis?​

Accepted Answer

A) Decreased brain activity similar to non-REM sleep 
B) ​Supernatural strength 
C) ​Loss of consciousness 
D) ​Increased suggestibility 
A) Decreased brain activity similar to non-REM sleep 
B) ​Supernatural strength 
C) ​Loss of consciousness 
D) ​Increased suggestibility

Question 17

Narcolepsy is due to a loss of what chemical in the brain?​

Accepted Answer

A) Serotonin 
B) ​Glucose 
C) ​Myelin 
D) ​Orexin 
A) Serotonin 
B) ​Glucose 
C) ​Myelin 
D) ​Orexin

Question 18

What tends to happen to circadian rhythms and sleep as people grow older?​

Accepted Answer

A) People become more likely to be evening people. 
B) ​People become more likely to be morning people. 
C) ​People's circadian rhythms tend to get longer than 24 hours. 
D) ​People tend to sleep more hours per night. 
A) People become more likely to be evening people. 
B) ​People become more likely to be morning people. 
C) ​People's circadian rhythms tend to get longer than 24 hours. 
D) ​People tend to sleep more hours per night.

Question 19

Just before one man had any of his temporal lobe seizures,he always experienced déjà vu.What conclusion does this observation imply?​

Accepted Answer

A) A déjà vu experience puts us in touch with experiences from the remote past. 
B) ​A déjà vu experience has much in common with non-REM sleep. 
C) ​The brain can respond "familiar" even when something is unfamiliar. 
D) ​A déjà vu experience helps someone integrate several aspects of personality. 
A) A déjà vu experience puts us in touch with experiences from the remote past. 
B) ​A déjà vu experience has much in common with non-REM sleep. 
C) ​The brain can respond "familiar" even when something is unfamiliar. 
D) ​A déjà vu experience helps someone integrate several aspects of personality.

Question 20

Which of the following happens when mammals or birds sleep?​

Accepted Answer

A) Lower body temperature 
B) ​Increased blood flow to the brain 
C) ​Increased blood flow to the muscles 
D) ​Increased sensitivity to sounds 
A) Lower body temperature 
B) ​Increased blood flow to the brain 
C) ​Increased blood flow to the muscles 
D) ​Increased sensitivity to sounds

Exam 10: Consciousnessconsciousness

During attempts to use hypnosis to aid memory,what is the usual result?​

Overweight middle-aged men have an increased risk of which disorder?​

The sleep spindles that occur during stage 2 sleep are important for what?

The brain is most active during which stage of sleep?

What is characteristic of REM sleep?

Someone with narcolepsy has trouble doing what?​

Long,slow waves on an EEG indicate what about a sleeping person?​

You don't consciously perceive a brief masked visual stimulus,but you do perceive a slightly longer one,which seems to have lasted the entire duration.What is the implication of this result?

What type of person is most likely to develop sleep apnea?​

​If you wake up and find yourself temporarily unable to move,what is the probable explanation?

Most young adults' dreams have what characteristic?​

Someone who was really hypnotized,not pretending,would probably say which of these?

​Which body organ generates our 24-hour rhythm of wakefulness and sleepiness?

What treatment is most common for people with narcolepsy?​

In what way is hypnosis similar to dreaming?

What happens during hypnosis?​

Narcolepsy is due to a loss of what chemical in the brain?​

What tends to happen to circadian rhythms and sleep as people grow older?​

Just before one man had any of his temporal lobe seizures,he always experienced déjà vu.What conclusion does this observation imply?​

Which of the following happens when mammals or birds sleep?​

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During attempts to use hypnosis to aid memory,what is the usual result?

Overweight middle-aged men have an increased risk of which disorder?

Someone with narcolepsy has trouble doing what?

Long,slow waves on an EEG indicate what about a sleeping person?

What type of person is most likely to develop sleep apnea?

If you wake up and find yourself temporarily unable to move,what is the probable explanation?

Most young adults' dreams have what characteristic?

Which body organ generates our 24-hour rhythm of wakefulness and sleepiness?

What treatment is most common for people with narcolepsy?

What happens during hypnosis?

Narcolepsy is due to a loss of what chemical in the brain?

What tends to happen to circadian rhythms and sleep as people grow older?

Just before one man had any of his temporal lobe seizures,he always experienced déjà vu.What conclusion does this observation imply?

Which of the following happens when mammals or birds sleep?