Exam 6: The Aware Mind Elements of Consciousness

Mina is seeing a therapist for depression.After several sessions,Mina's therapist recommends that she undergo light therapy and take antidepressant medication.Mina likely suffers from which disorder?

Tasha runs a daycare center.She places birthday hats on a group of children to celebrate 1-year-old Chantal's birthday.Tasha notices that when Chantal passes by a mirror she grabs for the hat by reaching for the mirror instead of reaching for her own head.Tasha picks up the baby and helps her find her hat.What aspect of consciousness has Chantal not yet reached?

One hypothesized mechanism by which antidepressant medications help to regulate mood is the suppression of ______ sleep.

Natalia,who suffers from epilepsy,experiences a seizure in which she completely loses consciousness,stops breathing,and thrashes about uncontrollably.Natalia experienced which type of seizure?

What is true of opiates?

Why is it inaccurate to say that daydreaming is a "total waste of time"?

Which disorder is correlated with individuals spending a greater portion of their sleeping time in REM?

Who is most likely to suffer the biggest disruption to his or her circadian rhythm?

Describe the stages of sleep by addressing the following questions: When does each stage typically occur during the sleep cycle? What is the characteristic brain wave activity and autonomic response (where applicable)for each stage of sleep? What is the typical reaction of a person when awakened at each stage?

After a grueling day of classes,Edith returns to her apartment and plops down in a comfortable recliner;she closes her eyes and immediately begins to relax.Edith's brain is likely to show an increase in ____ wave activity.

Sleep ________ is a sleep disorder in which the person stops breathing while asleep.

The Muslim sect of Sufis use extended periods of whirling as a means to ____.

Dr.Sanchez is a behavioral psychologist who studies learning and memory in rats.Because rats are most active at night,she asks the animal resource facility to reverse their light-dark cycle to accommodate her experiments.However,the animal facility is reluctant to disrupt the rats' current ____,which lasts for "about a day."

Imaging studies using functional magnetic resonance imaging (MRI)suggest that meditation represents a voluntary regulation of attention and ____ functions.

After Nolan experiments with drugs,his father suspects that his son is exhibiting signs of schizophrenia.Nolan most likely was experimenting with ____.

Preeti discovers that her roommate Shari recently experimented with methamphetamine.Preeti,worried about her roommate,informs Shari that there are risks associated with methamphetamine use,such as the induction of symptoms associated with ____.

The existence of varying states of awareness benefits animals by facilitating ____.

Jess is fast asleep,and her roommate Crystal is studying in the next room when their cat knocks a lamp off the bookshelf.Crystal jumps up from her desk,but Jess remains asleep.What brain structure is responsible for raising or lowering the thresholds of conscious awareness such that Crystal reacts to the stimulus while Jess does not?

What is a typical REM and N-REM cycling in humans?

Louden is fascinated to learn about the Native American practice of "vision quests" in his Native American Cultures class.He learns that to initiate an altered state of consciousness,Native Americans would engage in ____.