Exam 6: Consciousness

Ursula is learning how to focus on her thoughts and feelings without attaching herself to them and without judging them.For instance,she feels a pang of guilt as she recalls eating the last piece of cheesecake,but she allows that guilt to float away as if it doesn't belong to her.What kind of meditation technique is Ursula practicing?

Which of the following people is using the opening-up technique to meditate?

According to your text,approximately ___ of the Canadian population displays addiction in any given year.

What areas of the thalamus play the role of a conductor on a subway line,routing messages along the appropriate neural network?

William has been diagnosed with blindsight because of damage to his visual cortex and is trying to navigate his way down a street that contains lampposts and people walking on the sidewalk.How will William do at this task?

Heather has a great deal of trouble falling asleep at night.While her roommate is consistently asleep within 10 minutes of light's out,Heather often lays there for hours until she falls asleep.What sleep disorder could Heather have?

Substances taken from the sap of the opium poppy,such as heroin and morphine are known as ___.

Which neurotransmitter plays a key role in the reward learning pathway?

Unlike popular claims made in movies like Lucy starring Scarlett Johansson,we do not typically use 10% of our brains.According to Kolb and Whishaw,we use

Aaden quit smoking a week ago.He finds that he is feeling irritable,dizzy,and tired but he is also having trouble sleeping.It is likely that Aaden is experiencing ___ due to ___ dependence on the nicotine.

Which theory of sleep argues that sleep serves the purpose of self-preservation from predators that are more active at night?

What happens to a vertebrate animal if it is prevented from sleeping for a long period of time?

Jackie has undergone hypnosis as a method to manage chronic back pain.In this example,the effect of reduced pain could be due to

No consensus exists within the scientific community as to why sleep is necessary.

Jane was not thinking about her mother.However,when asked her mother's first name Jane was easily able to retrieve the correct response,"Claire," from memory.Freud would argue that Jane's mother's name was in Jane's unconscious.

What is the difference in the meditation experience between novice meditators and experienced meditators,according to recent findings?

Dr.Pham is studying the brain of people who abuse drugs,and he is focused on the reward learning pathway.Upon close examination of the activity in this pathway,what is Dr.Pham likely to find is different between drug addicts and non-addicts?

The idea that sleep is the evolutionary outcome of self-preservation describes the ___ theory of sleep.

Peta is being hypnotized to help her remember the last thing her father told her about where he buried his treasure.What is her hypnosis session likely to reveal?

Dr.Schumacher is a psychodynamic psychologist.Dr.Turner is a mainstream experimental psychologist.To what extent is each of these psychologists likely to endorse Hilgard's divided consciousness theory of hypnosis?