Exam 10: A--Consciousness

The brain wave patterns typical in REM sleep most closely resemble stage 4 sleep.

There appears to be a correlation between a person's age and whether they are a morning person or an evening person.

Spatial neglect occurs in certain cases where there is damage to parts of the right hemisphere, spatial neglect is rare when there is damage to the left hemisphere.

What is spatial neglect? Describe what you would expect to see in someone with spatial neglect trying to read a book. Lastly, is it more likely that someone with spatial neglect has damage to the left or right hemisphere?

Circadian rhythms are controlled by ____________________, so people's sleep-wake cycles are ____________________.

Hypnosis is a condition of increased suggestibility that occurs in the context of a special hypnotist-subject relationship. Many claims have been made about what can be accomplished under hypnosis. Give an example of a practical use of hypnosis that has been supported empirically and an example of a claim that has not been supported.

The suprachiasmatic nucleus is the brain structure that produces the circadian rhythm.

Insomnia is defined as the inability to sleep for more than five consecutive hours at a time.

____________________ theory suggests that dreams are thinking that occurs under special conditions.

Freud referred to the surface appearance of a dream as the ____________________ content.

____________________ is a tendency to ignore the left side of the body, the left side of the world, or the left side of objects.

Unlike young people, nearly all people over the age of sixty-five are ____________________.

Memories recalled under hypnosis are more accurate than ordinary memories.

An EEG of a person under hypnosis is the same as an EEG of a person who is asleep.

During the ____________________stage of sleep, the major postural muscles are most relaxed.

Research suggests that people engage in unconscious processing prior to making a conscious decision.

____________________ refers to a period of discomfort and inefficiency while your internal clock is out of phase with your new surroundings.

Humans have a circadian rhythm, but such a mechanism has not yet been discovered in other animal species.

You are the president of a company in the United States, and you are negotiating with a company on the other side of the world. Given the research on jet lag, you should schedule a meeting somewhere in Europe to give your company the greatest advantage.

____________________ rhythms are those that last about a day.