Sleep and Dreams
An office worker is concerned about constant sleepiness. her daughter refers her to a sleep clinic where they discover that her sleep in interrupted by gasping for breathe, by waking up and falling back to sleep a dozens of times. her office would likely diagnosis her with...
Sleep apnea
What do we call awareness of our environment and ourselves?
What is Consciousness
A person who drink alcohol daily finds that he needs to keep increasing his alcohol intake to get the same the same experience....
Alcohol intolerance
Studied in unconscious causes of behavior and personality formation
What is Sigmund Freud
What is said to be a gauge of how we feel about ourselves as well as how socially accepted we feel?
What is self esteem
In which stage of sleep are you likely to experience hypnagogic sensations of falling?
What is NREM 1
Which of the following states of consciousness occurs when one person suggests to another that certain thoughts or behaviors will spontaneously occur?
What is Hypnosis
Mona has been abusing cocaine and now suffers from an inability to feel pleasure. This condition is called
What is Anhedonia
Studied how humans use perception to function in our environment;wrote first psychology textbook
What is William James
The universally understandable aspect of human emotion consists of:
What is facial expressions
Large, slow brain waves called Delta waves occur within which stage of sleep?
What is NREM3
Which will most likely be affected by traveling to a distant location that is 8 time zones ahead of your original location?
What is Circadian rhythm
What drug most commonly inhibits arousal centers?
What is Barbiturates
Discovered concepted in instrumental learning such as the law of effect
What is Edward Thorndike
What concept provides the best explanation for why people seek to put on warmer clothing when they start to feel cold?
What is homeostasis
During which stage of sleep are EEG recordings most similar to those during alert, awake periods, giving this stage its nickname, “paradoxical sleep?”
What is REM Sleep
The divided-consciousness theory of hypnosis states that hypnosis involves:
What is dissociation
LSD and other powerful hallucinogens are chemically similar to, and therefore block the actions of, a subtype of the "feel good" neurotransmitter
What is serotonin
Person proved peoples behaviors depends to a large extent on the roles they are asked to play
What is Philip Zimbardo
A theory that motivated behavior is an attempt to reduce a state of tension/arousal in the body and return the body to a state of balance
What is Drive-Reduction Theory
Which dream theory suggests that we consolidate the day's memories and learning during REM sleep.
What is Wish fulfillment
According to Freud's wish fulfillment dream theory, dreams allow us to
What is satisfy wishes hidden in our subconscious
If Marty doesn't drink caffeinated sodas daily, he experiences severe headaches. Marty is most clearly showing signs of......
What is physical dependence
Famous for theory of moral development in children;
What is Lawrence Kolhberg
According to Maslow's hierarchy of needs, the ability of a person to achieve everything that they are capable of is termed
What is self actualization