Exam 6: Consciousness

There is strong evidence to support the existence of hypnotic hypermnesia, the enhancement of memory that occurs during hypnosis.

Keno was doing great in his driver's license road test until the officer started asking him questions.While replying, he scraped the curb and almost lost control.The most likely conclusion is:

Hallucinogens are drugs that:

For the past six months, Nicole has been taking a mild amphetamine to help her stay awake during double shifts at work.She has now stopped working the extras shifts, but she finds that if she doesn't continue to take the amphetamine she starts sweating and she develops bad tremors.This would suggest that Nicole:

Miranda used to take one aspirin to relieve her headaches.Now she finds that a single tablet is seldom adequate and she usually needs to take two tablets before her headache disappears.This would suggest that Miranda:

Birds and reptiles do not show evidence of REM sleep, which lends support to the activation-synthesis hypothesis of dreaming.

The prescription drug Valium is an example of a:

The rare sleep disorder characterized by sudden extreme sleepiness, causing a person to lose all muscle tone and directly enter a kind of REM sleep state is ____________________.

Jesse took part in an experiment where he wore a special set of headphones that played different messages to each ear.The researchers asked him to repeat the message in his left ear.The message presented to his left ear was "The baseball player received a standing ovation, after applying it to the car." The message presented to his right ear was "It is extremely important to buff the wax, after he hit a grand-slam." Based on the results of similar studies, it is likely that Jesse will say:

The cocktail party effect illustrates:

As the night progresses:

The core idea in the activation-synthesis hypothesis is that dreams represent:

As individuals become more familiar with tasks, the proportion of the brain's conscious resources that are used to perform these tasks:

Some psychoactive drugs help in the reduction of pain by inhibiting the release of substance P.These drugs:

Deb has visual neglect.First the researcher shows her a picture of a normal plant and then a picture of a plant that is normal on the right side but is dead on the left side.When asked to choose which plant she would prefer to take home, Deb is likely to say:

Both amphetamines and cocaine produce their simulating effects by suppressing levels of GABA and serotonin.

Which of the following is least likely an automatic process?

Caffeine is classified as which of the following

Theo is hooked up to an EEG in a sleep lab.As the researcher watches the EEG recording, theta waves appear.Based on this information, the researcher can conclude that Theo:

The "burning house" research with visual neglect patients supports the idea that: