Exam 4: Sensation and Perception

Ms. Reyes teaches a drama class for children and youth. She asks her pupils to lie on the floor with their eyes closed and to become aware of all the sensations they experience, from growls in their stomachs to the buzzing of the fluorescent lights. From a psychological standpoint, Ms. Reyes is trying to develop her students':

______ is the BEST term for a state in which an individual believes a particular psychoactive drug is needed for optimal emotional or mental functioning.

By the time they have graduated from high school, just over _____% of high school students have tried marijuana.

Kim suffers from generalized anxiety disorder. Her psychiatrist prescribes a drug with a mild calming effect. The psychiatrist MOST likely prescribed:

Dreams are most often reported when sleepers wake from _____ sleep.

Based on the text's discussion, which of the following BEST expresses the relationship between depressants and barbiturates?

Allie is asleep; she is therefore unconscious.

Which perspective in psychology is probably LEAST sympathetic to the study of consciousness?

The cocktail party effect BEST illustrates:

Dreams in which sleepers realize they are dreaming are called _____ dreams.

Sophia is experiencing an ever-changing flow of distracting thoughts as she tries to begin an assignment; this aspect of consciousness was highlighted by Titchener.

In general terms, how do brain waves change as a sleeper progresses from Stage 1 sleep to Stage 4 sleep?

Speech becomes slurred when one's blood alcohol content reaches:

Assume that Madonna really does get by on less than 4 hours of sleep per night. Madonna is considered _____ sleeper.

Which statement BEST expresses the relationship between narcolepsy and cataplexy?

The psychoanalytic theory of dreams is difficult to falsify.

Because Nicola is having trouble sleeping, she should have a couple of alcoholic drinks before going to bed.

One can become dependent on marijuana.

William Shakespeare wrote that "sweet sleep . . .knits the ravelled sleeve of care." The emphasis on repair suggests that Shakespeare endorsed the _____ theory of sleep.

Sudden "sleep attacks" are characteristic of a sleep disorder called: