Exam 5: Variations in Consciousness

Madeline uses a non-prescription drug on a regular basis.Some of the short-term side effects she experiences are anxiety and impaired memory.It is most likely Madeline is using

Some researchers have suggested that our 24-hour sleep/wake cycle may partially be a response to a world where the sun rises and sets on a 24-hour cycle.Imagine that the earth is gradually slowing down,and in 10,000 years the sun rises and sets on a 26-hour cycle instead.If you came to this future world you might expect that people would tend to

If you could tape-record your thoughts,you would find

The hypothesis concerning the evolutionary bases of sleep that has the strongest support suggests that sleep evolved to help individuals

The awareness of internal and external stimuli defines

As adults age,the proportion of sleep time they spend in slow-wave sleep ____ while the proportion of time spent in REM sleep ____.

The finding that memories of early life events reported by hypnotized subjects are often inaccurate

The EEG pattern observed when individuals are in deep relaxation is generally 8-12 cycles per second and are known by the Greek letter Alpha.

Recent research suggests that neurogenesis may be fostered by

The results of the Featured Study on the effects of sleep deprivation show that when compared to members of the control group,participants who experienced partial sleep deprivation

Research on consciousness dwindled in the early part of the 20th century after psychology was redefined as the science of behavior by

Which of the following statements about napping practices is NOT accurate?

Twyla insists she never dreams; she is convinced of this because she has never recalled a single dream.If Twyla were tested in a sleep lab,it is likely that she would

Olivia has trouble staying asleep for more than 4 hours at a time.Olivia is likely to experience

Katherine's new dentist plans to use hypnosis,instead of anesthesia,while he works on Katherine's teeth.Katherine asks you if she should go along with this,or if she should find another dentist.Based on research into the effects of hypnosis,you should tell her

Anne has noticed that for the past three weeks she is unable to sleep for more than five hours at a time,even though she used to regularly get 8 hours of sleep per night.She wakes early in the morning and just can't fall back to sleep once this happens.It appears that Anne has developed

The use of dreams to satisfy ungratified needs is referred to as

The evidence from numerous studies on the effectiveness of melatonin indicates that

Chronic,heavy use of MDMA is NOT associated with

People who are selectively deprived of slow-wave sleep for several nights in a row