Question 1

Professor Rodriguez studies how the activation of specific regions of the brain affects dream content.Her work best illustrates the subfield of

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A)   personality psychology.
B)   behavior genetics.
C)   cognitive neuroscience.
D)   evolutionary psychology.

Question 2

Training young people in drug refusal skills is a tactic that is most clearly designed to "inoculate" them against

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A)   hallucinations.
B)   peer pressure.
C)   excess dopamine receptors.
D)   painkilling neurotransmitters.

Question 3

Focusing conscious awareness on a particular stimulus is called

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A)   blindsight.
B)   parallel processing.
C)   change blindness.
D)   selective attention.

Question 4

Parallel processing tends to be both ________ and ________ conscious than sequential processing.

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A)   slower;less
B)   faster;more
C)   slower;more
D)   faster;less

Question 5

Our inability to consciously process all the sensory information available to us at any single point in time best illustrates the need for

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A)   blindsight.
B)   selective attention.
C)   choice blindness.
D)   the popout phenomenon.

Question 6

While soundly asleep people cannot

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A)   talk and dream at the same time.
B)   incorporate environmental changes into the content of their dreams.
C)   learn recorded messages to which they are repeatedly exposed.
D)   do any of these things.

Question 7

Which of the following typically occur(s) during REM sleep?

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A)   night terrors
B)   genital arousal
C)   bed-wetting
D)   muscular tension

Question 8

REM rebound involves the

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A)   tendency for REM sleep periods to become increasingly longer and more frequent as a normal night of sleep progresses.
B)   increase in REM sleep that characteristically follows intense learning episodes or stressful daytime experiences.
C)   unusual symptoms of tiredness and irritability that follow periods of REM sleep deprivation.
D)   tendency for REM sleep to increase following REM sleep deprivation.

Question 9

An altered state of consciousness in which people experience fantastic images and often feel separated from their bodies is most closely associated with the use of

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A)   heroin.
B)   cocaine.
C)   marijuana.
D)   LSD.

Question 10

Having an identical rather than fraternal twin with alcohol use disorder puts one at an increased risk for alcohol problems.This indicates that alcohol use disorder

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A)   has a psychedelic effect.
B)   is socially influenced.
C)   is genetically influenced.
D)   is synaptically transmitted.

Question 11

Epilepsy seizures may trigger sensations strikingly similar to

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A)   dehydration.
B)   disinhibition.
C)   the near-death experience.
D)   heroin withdrawal.

Question 12

Following use of a psychoactive drug,Jasmine quickly experienced a rush of euphoria followed within the same hour by a crash of agitated depression as the drug's effect wore off.Jasmine's reactions most clearly suggest that she was using

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A)   marijuana.
B)   cocaine.
C)   LSD.
D)   barbiturates.

Question 13

Sympathetic nervous system activity is reduced by

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A)   nicotine.
B)   alcohol.
C)   amphetamines.
D)   cocaine.

Question 14

The discomfort and distress following discontinued use of a psychoactive drug best illustrates

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A)   disinhibition.
B)   withdrawal.
C)   dehydration.
D)   a near-death experience.

Question 15

It has been found that night terrors

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A)   are usually recalled vividly for days following their occurrence.
B)   are typically accompanied by a state of temporary muscular immobility or paralysis.
C)   jolt the sleeper to a sudden state of full waking alertness.
D)   typically occur during NREM-3 sleep.

Question 16

During REM sleep,your skeletal muscles are relaxed because messages from the motor cortex are blocked by the

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A)   brainstem.
B)   hypothalamus.
C)   suprachiasmatic nucleus.
D)   amygdala.

Question 17

In which of the following disorders does the person repeatedly stop breathing while asleep?

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A)   narcolepsy
B)   sleep apnea
C)   night terrors
D)   insomnia

Question 18

After two years of regularly smoking cigarettes,Lynette is preparing to quit.Which of the following symptoms of nicotine withdrawal is she most likely to experience when she first discontinues smoking?

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A)   anxiety
B)   drowsiness
C)   diminished appetite
D)   insensitivity to pain

Question 19

Symptoms of drug withdrawal are likely to be

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A)   most severe among those with low levels of drug tolerance.
B)   most severe among those with moderate levels of drug tolerance.
C)   most severe among those with high levels of drug tolerance.
D)   equally severe among those with low,moderate,or high levels of drug tolerance.

Question 20

Which of the following drugs is most likely to interfere with immediate recall of information learned only a few minutes before?

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A)   nicotine
B)   methadone
C)   marijuana
D)   cocaine

Exam 4: Consciousness and the Two-Track Mind

Parallel processing tends to be both ________ and ________ conscious than sequential processing.

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Having an identical rather than fraternal twin with alcohol use disorder puts one at an increased risk for alcohol problems.This indicates that alcohol use disorder

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It has been found that night terrors

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Epilepsy seizures may trigger sensations strikingly similar to

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Which of the following drugs is most likely to interfere with immediate recall of information learned only a few minutes before?

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Following use of a psychoactive drug,Jasmine quickly experienced a rush of euphoria followed within the same hour by a crash of agitated depression as the drug's effect wore off.Jasmine's reactions most clearly suggest that she was using

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An altered state of consciousness in which people experience fantastic images and often feel separated from their bodies is most closely associated with the use of

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While soundly asleep people cannot

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Professor Rodriguez studies how the activation of specific regions of the brain affects dream content.Her work best illustrates the subfield of

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Focusing conscious awareness on a particular stimulus is called

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The discomfort and distress following discontinued use of a psychoactive drug best illustrates

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Symptoms of drug withdrawal are likely to be

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REM rebound involves the

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In which of the following disorders does the person repeatedly stop breathing while asleep?

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Which of the following typically occur(s) during REM sleep?

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Training young people in drug refusal skills is a tactic that is most clearly designed to "inoculate" them against

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After two years of regularly smoking cigarettes,Lynette is preparing to quit.Which of the following symptoms of nicotine withdrawal is she most likely to experience when she first discontinues smoking?

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Sympathetic nervous system activity is reduced by

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Our inability to consciously process all the sensory information available to us at any single point in time best illustrates the need for

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During REM sleep,your skeletal muscles are relaxed because messages from the motor cortex are blocked by the

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Parallel processing tends to be both and conscious than sequential processing.

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