Question 1

Mary is experiencing insomnia.Which piece of advice would you give to help her deal with it?

Accepted Answer

A) Take sleeping pills. 
B) Go to bed every night at varying times. 
C) Study in bed and then go immediately to sleep. 
D) Only use your bed for sleep. 
A) Take sleeping pills. 
B) Go to bed every night at varying times. 
C) Study in bed and then go immediately to sleep. 
D) Only use your bed for sleep.

Question 2

What drug has both stimulant and hallucinogenic properties?

Accepted Answer

A) Heroin 
B) Marijuana 
C) Ecstasy 
D) Cocaine 
A) Heroin 
B) Marijuana 
C) Ecstasy 
D) Cocaine

Question 3

Which of the following research findings has not been used to challenge Freud's dream protection theory of dreaming?

Accepted Answer

A) Dreams contain mostly positive content thus do not reflect sexual and aggressive instincts. 
B) Sexual themes account for less than 10 percent of the dreams that we remember. 
C) Dreams frequently are straightforward descriptions of events and problems and are not disguised. 
D) Brain damaged patients who report they do not dream still sleep soundly. 
A) Dreams contain mostly positive content thus do not reflect sexual and aggressive instincts. 
B) Sexual themes account for less than 10 percent of the dreams that we remember. 
C) Dreams frequently are straightforward descriptions of events and problems and are not disguised. 
D) Brain damaged patients who report they do not dream still sleep soundly.

Question 4

Which of the following disorders is more common among children than among adults?

Accepted Answer

A) Night terrors 
B) Sleep apnea 
C) Narcolepsy 
D) Insomnia 
A) Night terrors 
B) Sleep apnea 
C) Narcolepsy 
D) Insomnia

Question 5

Which of the following concepts was found by researchers to be linked to patients who reported being abducted by aliens?

Accepted Answer

A) REM sleep behaviour disorder 
B) Sleep paralysis 
C) Lucid dreaming 
D) Night terrors 
A) REM sleep behaviour disorder 
B) Sleep paralysis 
C) Lucid dreaming 
D) Night terrors

Question 6

What drug did Sigmund Freud use to treat morphine addiction?

Accepted Answer

A) Cocaine 
B) Methamphetamine 
C) Heroin 
D) Mescaline 
A) Cocaine 
B) Methamphetamine 
C) Heroin 
D) Mescaline

Question 7

Alcohol is known to suppress

Accepted Answer

A) delta sleep. 
B) sleep spindles. 
C) REM sleep. 
D) theta waves. 
A) delta sleep. 
B) sleep spindles. 
C) REM sleep. 
D) theta waves.

Question 8

Audience members at hypnosis demonstrations are often amazed by seemingly extraordinary events.They seem to have failed to realize that the persons who are on stage demonstrating the power of hypnosis were selected for their

Accepted Answer

A) gullibility. 
B) reactivity. 
C) suggestibility. 
D) flexibility. 
A) gullibility. 
B) reactivity. 
C) suggestibility. 
D) flexibility.

Question 9

What types of behaviours have been found to be more influenced by the effects of alcohol itself rather than expectancies concerning alcohol?

Accepted Answer

A) Aggression in social contexts 
B) Reaction time and motor coordination 
C) Sexual riskiness and promiscuity 
D) Perception of feeling "up" 
A) Aggression in social contexts 
B) Reaction time and motor coordination 
C) Sexual riskiness and promiscuity 
D) Perception of feeling "up"

Question 10

Having important life events replay quickly and being in a tunnel walking toward a bright light are common themes in

Accepted Answer

A) out-of-body experiences. 
B) near-death experiences. 
C) hypnotic trances. 
D) déjà vu experiences. 
A) out-of-body experiences. 
B) near-death experiences. 
C) hypnotic trances. 
D) déjà vu experiences.

Question 11

Piper keeps experiencing short fleeting dreams about her upcoming statistics exam,especially after she first falls asleep.According to studies on sleep and dreaming,Piper's dream description would be considered a

Accepted Answer

A) REM dream. 
B) non-REM dream. 
C) lucid dream. 
D) paradoxical dream. 
A) REM dream. 
B) non-REM dream. 
C) lucid dream. 
D) paradoxical dream.

Question 12

Which of the following statements is correct?

Accepted Answer

A) Sleepwalking has never been used successfully as a murder defence. 
B) There have been cases in which sleepwalking was a successful murder defence. 
C) Sleepwalking in prisons is a common occurrence. 
D) A famous lawyer reported that he tried a murder case while he was sleepwalking. 
A) Sleepwalking has never been used successfully as a murder defence. 
B) There have been cases in which sleepwalking was a successful murder defence. 
C) Sleepwalking in prisons is a common occurrence. 
D) A famous lawyer reported that he tried a murder case while he was sleepwalking.

Question 13

Interpretation of the __________ content of a dream is expected to reveal the __________ content.

Accepted Answer

A) latent;manifest 
B) manifest;latent 
C) manifest;sublimated 
D) metaphorical;denotative 
A) latent;manifest 
B) manifest;latent 
C) manifest;sublimated 
D) metaphorical;denotative

Question 14

If you have been waking up too early for several weeks,you are probably suffering from

Accepted Answer

A) insomnia. 
B) parasomnia. 
C) hypersomnia. 
D) reverse insomnia. 
A) insomnia. 
B) parasomnia. 
C) hypersomnia. 
D) reverse insomnia.

Question 15

Which of the following concepts most strongly challenges the conventional belief that one is either entirely awake and consciously aware or asleep and not consciously aware?

Accepted Answer

A) Hypnosis 
B) Sleepwalking 
C) Dissociation 
D) Lucid dreaming 
A) Hypnosis 
B) Sleepwalking 
C) Dissociation 
D) Lucid dreaming

Question 16

A biological cycle,or rhythm,that is approximately 24 hours long is called a(n)__________ cycle.

Accepted Answer

A) infradian 
B) circadian 
C) diurnal 
D) ultradian 
A) infradian 
B) circadian 
C) diurnal 
D) ultradian

Question 17

A client tells his therapist about a dream in which he drives his wife to the airport,where she boards a plane.As the plane takes off,he is smiling.The therapist says the dream suggests a desire for a divorce.The therapist's interpretation represents what Sigmund Freud called the dream's

Accepted Answer

A) deep content. 
B) latent content. 
C) manifest content. 
D) subliminal content. 
A) deep content. 
B) latent content. 
C) manifest content. 
D) subliminal content.

Question 18

As we sleep during the night,we spend the majority of our time in __________ sleep.

Accepted Answer

A) REM 
B) stage 1 
C) stage 4 
D) stage 2 
A) REM 
B) stage 1 
C) stage 4 
D) stage 2

Question 19

People in stage 4 sleep

Accepted Answer

A) dream all the time. 
B) are hard to wake up. 
C) are easy to wake up. 
D) hallucinate. 
A) dream all the time. 
B) are hard to wake up. 
C) are easy to wake up. 
D) hallucinate.

Question 20

Which of the following general statements best expresses the authors' view of the general public's knowledge and understanding of hypnosis?

Accepted Answer

A) The general public is not well informed about the scientific developments regarding hypnosis. 
B) The general public,as well as the scientific community,believes that hypnosis is a true altered state of conscious. 
C) The general public is well informed about the scientific developments regarding hypnosis. 
D) The general public recognizes and understands the limitations of hypnosis as a memory recall technique. 
A) The general public is not well informed about the scientific developments regarding hypnosis. 
B) The general public,as well as the scientific community,believes that hypnosis is a true altered state of conscious. 
C) The general public is well informed about the scientific developments regarding hypnosis. 
D) The general public recognizes and understands the limitations of hypnosis as a memory recall technique.

Exam 5: D: Consciousness

Mary is experiencing insomnia.Which piece of advice would you give to help her deal with it?

What drug has both stimulant and hallucinogenic properties?

Which of the following research findings has not been used to challenge Freud's dream protection theory of dreaming?

Which of the following disorders is more common among children than among adults?

Which of the following concepts was found by researchers to be linked to patients who reported being abducted by aliens?

What drug did Sigmund Freud use to treat morphine addiction?

Alcohol is known to suppress

Audience members at hypnosis demonstrations are often amazed by seemingly extraordinary events.They seem to have failed to realize that the persons who are on stage demonstrating the power of hypnosis were selected for their

What types of behaviours have been found to be more influenced by the effects of alcohol itself rather than expectancies concerning alcohol?

Having important life events replay quickly and being in a tunnel walking toward a bright light are common themes in

Piper keeps experiencing short fleeting dreams about her upcoming statistics exam,especially after she first falls asleep.According to studies on sleep and dreaming,Piper's dream description would be considered a

Which of the following statements is correct?

Interpretation of the __________ content of a dream is expected to reveal the __________ content.

If you have been waking up too early for several weeks,you are probably suffering from

Which of the following concepts most strongly challenges the conventional belief that one is either entirely awake and consciously aware or asleep and not consciously aware?

A biological cycle,or rhythm,that is approximately 24 hours long is called a(n)__________ cycle.

A client tells his therapist about a dream in which he drives his wife to the airport,where she boards a plane.As the plane takes off,he is smiling.The therapist says the dream suggests a desire for a divorce.The therapist's interpretation represents what Sigmund Freud called the dream's

As we sleep during the night,we spend the majority of our time in __________ sleep.

People in stage 4 sleep

Which of the following general statements best expresses the authors' view of the general public's knowledge and understanding of hypnosis?

A: Psychology and Scientific Thinking

B: Psychology and Scientific Thinking

C: Psychology and Scientific Thinking

D: Psychology and Scientific Thinking

A: Research Methods

B: Research Methods

C: Research Methods

D: Research Methods

A: Biological Psychology

B: Biological Psychology

C: Biological Psychology

D: Biological Psychology

A: Sensation and Perception

B: Sensation and Perception

C: Sensation and Perception

D: Sensation and Perception

A: Consciousness

B: Consciousness

C: Consciousness

A: Learning

B: Learning

C: Learning

D: Learning

A: Memory

B: Memory

C: Memory

D: Memory

A: Thinking,reasoning,and Language

B: Language,thinking,and Reasoning

C: Language,thinking,and Reasoning

D: Language,thinking,and Reasoning

A: Intelligence and Iq Testing

B: Intelligence and Iq Testing

C: Intelligence and Iq Testing

D: Intelligence and Iq Testing

A: Human Development

B: Human Development

C: Human Development

D: Human Development

A: Emotion and Motivation

B: Emotion and Motivation

C: Emotion and Motivation

D: Emotion and Motivation

A: Stress,coping,and Health

B: Stress,coping,and Health

C: Stress,coping,and Health

D: Stress,coping,and Health

A: Social Psychology

B: Social Psychology

C: Social Psychology

D: Social Psychology

A: Personality

B: Personality

C: Personality

D: Personality

A: Psychological Disorders

B: Psychological Disorders

C: Psychological Disorders

D: Psychological Disorders

Interpretation of the content of a dream is expected to reveal the content.