Exam 6: Consciousness

The subjective awareness of internal and external events is referred to as:

Evidence that dreaming helps people focus on their current problems to find solutions is:

Kevin had a dream in which his boss appeared at his front door, wearing polka-dot pajamas, and asked to borrow a xylophone.Kevin is convinced the dream represents an unconscious desire to quit his current job.According to Freud, Kevin's unconscious desire to quit his current job would represent:

How do psychologists define the term consciousness?

The fact that grazing animals such as horses and cattle, which are vulnerable to surprise attack by predators, sleep only a few hours a day is evidence for the idea that sleep:

Tito gets only a moderate effect from an amount of heroin that might kill a first-time user.This illustrates:

The purpose of a divided attention task is to measure:

For the past three months, Hilda has had difficulty falling asleep at night.She often tosses and turns for several hours before she finally falls asleep.It is likely that Hilda is suffering from:

Harvey is deep in meditation.If an EEG recording were taken, Harvey's brain wave pattern would show the presence of:

Heroin and morphine are both examples of:

Dick's wife has started to complain that he is keeping her awake at night.She says that he seems to stop breathing in his sleep and then suddenly jerks awake, gasping for breath.This not only disturbs his sleep but also wakes her up.It is likely that Dick suffers from:

Psychologists define ____________________ as the internal processes that set priorities for mental function.

Drugs that affect both behavior and mental processes by altering conscious awareness are called:

A physical or psychological need for the continued use of a specific drug is called:

Which of the following drugs influences serotonin levels?

The term consciousness refers to:

Sleep spindles typically occur during which stage of sleep?

Which of the following is NOT one of the parasomnias?

A person is travelling from west to east.The person is:

In humans, ____________________ refer to activities that rise and fall along a 24-hour cycle.