Exam 3: Consciousness

A) Describe the four categories of psychoactive drugs. B) Describe at least one effect each category of drug has on the user. C) Give one example of a specific drug in each category of drugs.

Altered consciousness can be achieved through all of the following EXCEPT

Hypnosis,meditation,and drug use all allow individuals to

Stimulant drugs have all of the following effects EXCEPT

In a person with a normally functioning brain,the part of the brain that typically controls speech is the

Odin is asleep when his neighbor starts banging on his window.Odin barely moves,and when he does finally wake up,he is confused and disoriented.Before he was awakened,Odin was most likely in ________ sleep.

Describe the three reasons that sleeping is adaptive and beneficial for humans.

In an experiment,researchers found that when given the word pair ocean-moon,followed by the word detergent,participants typically said the word tide.When asked to explain their word choice,participants were unaware that the word pair had influenced their responses.This supports the concept of

A) Describe the research study (Nisbett & Wilson,1977)on subliminal perception. B) How did the results confirm that participants were not aware of any influences on their behaviors? C) Describe one limitation on how subliminal perception can influence behavior.

In her dream,Lisa has just won the lottery.Her friend interprets the dream as Lisa's unconscious obsession with money and wealth.Her friend's statement indicates that she is focusing on the ________ content of the dream.

Which of the following is a potential drawback of using automatic processing?

Juan believes that the prefrontal cortex is responsible for consciousness.Pierre disagrees,saying that no single area of the brain is responsible for consciousness,and that instead specific areas process certain types of information.Pierre most likely believes in the ________ model of consciousness.

Which of the following statements does NOT describe an adaptive and beneficial function of sleep?

According to the sociocognitive theory,hypnosis

REM sleep is called paradoxical sleep because the

Consciousness is best defined as

Which of the following drugs is a hallucinogenic?

Which statement about hypnosis is true?

Marvello the hypnotist puts Van in a trance and tells him to cluck like a chicken whenever he sees a fire truck in the week following the show.Marvello is trying to influence Van's behavior

When Marisol is running during marathons she gets a runner's high.During these times she most likely experiences