Sleep & Dreams
Hypnosis
Psychoactive Drugs
The Nervous System
Miscellaneous
100
This sleep stage is characterized by a periodic appearance of sleep spindles.
What is stage 2?
100
Hypnosis is best characterized as this.
What is a state that induces heightened suggestibility in the hypnotized individual?
100
The painful experience associated with termination of the use of an addictive substance is known as this.
What is withdrawal?
100

In terms of the effect on the central nervous system, alcohol is most accurately classified as which type of drug?

What is a depressant?

100
EEGs of meditators show these kinds of brain waves.
What are alpha waves.
200
This stage of sleep is characterized by a majority of delta brain waves.
What is stage 4 sleep?
200
Hypnosis is commonly used to treat these.
What are weight loss, addiction, and pain?
200
In small quantities, alcohol can be mistaken for a stimulant because it inhibits this.
What is activity in the frontal lobe, the area that controls emotions and decisions?
200
Traveling in a jet plane from California to New York is most likely to upset this, your biological clock.
What is your circadian rhythms?
200

Which of the following will NOT increase behavioral and mental activity: Benzedrine, Amphetamines, or Barbiturates?

What are barbiturates?

300

REM sleep is also known as "paradoxical sleep." This is because active brain waves are paired with this physical phenomenon.

What is lowered muscle tone (paralyzed muscles)?

300

Hypnosis has been found useful in the treatment of this.

What is pain?

300
These are common examples of stimulants (name 3).
What amphetamines, cocaine, caffeine, ecstasy, etc.
300
Zen Buddhists and others practicing meditation are better able than most other people to stimulate this part of the nervous system.
What is parasympathetic nervous system?
300

“Humans developed a unique waking-sleep cycle that maximized our chances of survival,” is a statement most typical of this kind of psychologist.

What is an evolutionary psychologist?

400
A high school senior about to go to college dreamed that someone robbed his house and stole all of his family photos, home movies, and heirlooms. After talking with a friend, he realized that he was anxious about being away from his family after he moved for college. According to a psychoanalytic psychologist his explanation of his dream represents this kind of content.
What is latent content?
400

Social phenomena theory of hypnosis states this.

What is that hypnosis is simply the result of a social interaction and playing the role of a hypnotized individual.

400
When a person is suffering from severe pain, the type of drug that will best help alleviate that pain is this.
What is a narcotic/opiate?
400

This has enabled psychologists to learn the most about sleep processes over the last 50 years.

What is the EEG?

400

During the night, Mark stops breathing repeatedly, frequently gasps for air, and snores loudly at regular intervals. Mark is most likely suffering from this condition.

What is sleep apnea?

500

A student participates in a month-long sleep study designed to examine free-running circadian rhythms. If all time cues are removed, the student’s total sleep-wake cycle is likely to average this amount of time.

What is 25 hours?

500

Monitoring by the "hidden observer" during hypnosis provides evidence for this.

What is dissociation of consciousness?

500
Curare blocks action at acetylcholine synapses and causes paralysis. This drug is an example of this type of chemical.
What is an antagonist?
500

According to psychodynamic psychologists, this level of consciousness includes unacceptable feelings, wishes, and thoughts.

What is the unconscious?

500

Your circadian rhythms are best defined as this.

What is a cycle of biological functioning that lasts for 25 hours?

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