Deck 5: C: Consciousness

Question 1

As we proceed through the sleep cycle during the night,the amount of time one spends in non-REM sleep ____.

Answer 1

decreases

Question 2

Using tobacco produces physiological changes,including reported increases in alertness as well as increases in heart rate and blood pressure.It is most correct,therefore,to label tobacco as a ____.

Answer 2

stimulant

Question 3

The sleep disorder(s)most likely to be diagnosed during childhood is/are ____.

Answer 3

night terrors and sleepwalking (may just accept one answer as correct

Question 4

Researchers who are dubious of Hilgard's and others' claims of a "hidden observer" have documented that changing the instructions given to persons make the observer either more or less likely to appear.This has led Nicholas Spanos and others to rename the "hidden observer" the ____.

Question 5

The most commonly reported sleep problem is ____.

Question 6

Clark is trying to cut back his consumption of caffeine.Within a couple of days of stopping drinking caffeine entirely,he experiences a headache and feels extremely
fatigued.Clark is experiencing ____.

Question 7

The critical thinking principle of ____ requires that claims of near-death experiences should be interpreted as physiological changes within a dying brain rather than an altered state of consciousness.

Question 8

Research documenting that hypnosis fails to make amazing or unusual things happen or that many hypnotic phenomena are not as unique as hypnotists would have an audience believe provides supportive evidence for the ____ of hypnosis.

Question 9

Your textbook authors identified ____ as the most widely used and abused drug.

Question 10

Vivid dreams are most likely to be experienced during ____ sleep.

Question 11

One's awareness of both the external and internal environments is what psychologists refer to as ____.

Question 12

The ____ theory focuses entirely on the biological underpinnings of dreams.

Question 13

As he sleeps,Chauncey begins dreaming.In his dream,he shows up late to his Introductory Psychology final.As he enters the room,Chauncey realizes he is dreaming and subsequently directs himself to approach the teacher to discuss why he was late for the final.This is an example of ____.

Question 14

According to the activation-synthesis theory,the fact that our dream has any coherent story or focus is largely the result of ____.

Question 15

____ drugs alter our conscious experience by altering the chemical processes in neurons.

Question 16

The release of hormones,such as testosterone or estrogen,as well as the regulation of one's body temperature are under the control of our ____.

Question 17

____ rejects claims that hypnosis is a true altered state of consciousness by demonstrating,through empirical research,that hypnotized behaviour is largely a function of one's expectancies.

Question 18

The ____ perspective on dreaming says that the complexity of one's dreams is directly related to one's mental abilities and capacities.

Question 19

____ would be the most problematic sleep disorder for a taxi driver to be diagnosed with.

Question 20

Claims of consciousness outside of the body during an out-of-body experience (OBE)are ____ by research.

Question 21

For several years around 1900,many health professionals and psychologists advocated the use of ____.Sigmund Freud even used it to improve his mood.

Question 22

____ represent a collection of drugs that increase activity in the central nervous system,including heart rate and respiration.

Question 23

A medical doctor might prescribe morphine for a postoperative patient to help alleviate ____.