Exam 5: Consciousness-Part E

Which characteristic applies to REM sleep?

Fran's 4-year-old son awoke at 9:00 p.m. ,crying and in a panic,but did not remember having a dream.It is likely that Fran's son experienced:

Animals will work to self-administer most drugs,except _____,which are also not likely to be addictive or produce dependence or overdoses in humans.

When you are at a party,you generally do not hear all the conversations going on around you.But,if someone suddenly calls your name out loud while talking to someone else,your attention is likely to shift to that conversation.Which aspect of consciousness does your ability to tune out background noise and pay attention to only certain stimuli involve?

In which strategy might someone with high anxiety who constantly worries about the future try to engage?

The activation-synthesis model proposes that dreams are:

Which drug is an opiate?

The study of how things appear to the conscious person is called:

The expectancy theory proposes that the varied effects of alcohol are determined by:

In the context of the problem of other minds,recent research suggests that:

In the context of drug addiction,which question pertains to psychological dependence?

When thought or behavior is influenced by stimuli that a person cannot consciously report perceiving,it is known as:

To test whether elephants have a conscious self,researchers marked an "X" on the top of an elephant's trunk with white paint and placed a large mirror in front of the animal.Which action demonstrates that the elephant experiences self-consciousness?

Because dreams are often populated with anxiety-producing images (for example,heights,monsters,major exams for which you forgot to study,or being naked in public),it is not surprising to find that the _____ is quite active during REM sleep.

A common sleep disorder where the sleeping person stops breathing for a brief period is known as: