Exam 5: Consciousness

Behaviours such as flirting while using alcohol result primarily from

Nestor is in the middle of a fantastic dream. What is his body doing?

Your friend has experienced excessive daytime sleepiness. He is laughing with you and suddenly falls to the ground. Your friend is probably suffering from ________.

Some research has found that the electrical activity of the brain indicates that lucid dreams may involve a mixture of REM sleep and wakefulness. If this research can be repeated, it may point to the idea that it is possible to be self-aware while one is asleep. This finding highlights the importance of ________.

The difference between insomnia and sleep apnea is that ________.

Although he knows that it is wrong, Sean has a crush on his new stepmum. He dreams of the two of them running away together and living happily ever after. What aspect of dreaming does this represent?

Research documenting that hypnosis fails to make amazing or unusual things happen, or that many hypnotic phenomena are not as unique as hypnotists would have an audience believe, provides supportive evidence for the ________ of hypnosis.

The use of ________ represents the most commonly abused illegal drug in the United States.

Mrs Lassey is taking medication to reduce the activity of her acetylcholine-producing neurons; what might happen?

The sleep disorder ________ would be the most problematic for a taxi driver to be diagnosed with.

Which class of psychoactive drugs works by increasing activity within the nervous system?

Ward notices that as his supply of marijuana decreases he starts thinking more and more about where he can get another supply, as well as feeling nervous and anxious. This is an example of ________.

The fact that damage to the forebrain can eliminate dreams entirely, even when the brainstem is still working, is a valid criticism of the activation-synthesis hypothesis of dreaming. Which critical-thinking concept is at work here?

Even though many assume that alcohol is primarily a ________, it is, in fact, primarily a(n)________.

In a strange condition called sex sleep, or ________, people engage in sexual acts while asleep and don't remember what occurred after they awaken.

Many people have claimed to have near-death-experiences over the years, during which they report metaphysical events, such as seeing a bright light, walking through a tunnel, or even approaching the presence of a god. Research, however, has suggested that these "experiences" are nothing more than the consequence of physiological changes of a dying brain. This simpler explanation represents which principle of critical thinking from your textbook?

Troy is mowing the grass. As his lawnmower engine starts to run out of petrol, it will sputter, run well for a while, then sputter again. What stage of sleep exhibits a similar pattern?

As we proceed through the sleep cycle during the night, the amount of time one spends in REM sleep ________.

Enrico claims that déjà vu is evidence of a memory from one's past life. This claim violates which principle of critical thinking?

________ dreaming is a phenomenon in which a person achieves an awareness of a dream as a dream while dreaming.