Question 1

Upon just waking up, you report a vivid visual event. What term do psychologists use for such phenomena?

Accepted Answer

A)   hypnotic illusion 
B)   positive hallucination
C)   hypnogogic images or hallucinations 
D)   hypnopompic image

Question 2

Which of the following statements is true concerning cocaine use in the United States?

Accepted Answer

A)   During the Civil War, many Confederate soldiers bought cocaine from Union soldiers.
B)   At one time, cocaine was an ingredient in Coca-Cola.
C)   Cocaine was used by early Greek philosophers.
D)   One of the powerful addictive ingredients in cocaine is heroin.

Question 3

Consciousness is the ________.

Accepted Answer

A)   state of arousal involving facial and bodily changes
B)   awareness of ourselves and the environment 
C)   memory of personally experienced events 
D)   intentional recollection of an item of information

Question 4

To treat your sleep problem, you are told that you should avoid alcohol or sleep aids, you should set your alarm clock to wake up at the same time each day, and you should get out of bed if you cannot sleep. You have insomnia.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 5

The social-cognitive theory of hypnosis suggests that ________.

Accepted Answer

A)   hypnosis increases dopamine levels in the body
B)   people are merely playing a role 
C)   hypnotized individuals dissociate the conscious mind into an "immediate" part and a "hidden observer" part 
D)   hypnosis results in an altered state of consciousness that alters brain waves in regions of the brain

Question 6

Melatonin is a ________.

Accepted Answer

A)   hormone 
B)   neurotransmitter 
C)   depressant
D)   stimulant

Question 7

A client tells his therapist about a dream of riding on a train with his boss. At the end of the journey, the boss gets off the train at a terminal. The therapist suggests that the "terminal" in the dream indicates an unconscious desire by the client to "terminate" his boss. This desire to terminate the boss, if it exists, would reflect what Freud called the ________ content of the dream.

Accepted Answer

A)   primary
B)   manifest 
C)   secondary
D)   latent

Question 8

People in Stage 3 (N3)  sleep ________.

Accepted Answer

A)   dream all the time
B)   are hard to wake up 
C)   are easy to wake up 
D)   hallucinate

Question 9

Mental activities that differ noticeably from normal waking consciousness are known as ________.

Accepted Answer

A)   hyperconsciousness
B)   unconscious states
C)   relaxed wakefulness
D)   altered states of consciousness

Question 10

If Corey is using a drug that causes addiction in nearly 99% of those who use it, he is probably ingesting ________.

Accepted Answer

A)   MDMA
B)   heroin
C)   nicotine 
D)   LSD

Question 11

Sleep may decrease activity of neurons associated with ________, suggesting an important cognitive benefit of sleep.

Accepted Answer

A)   intelligence
B)   language
C)   forgetting 
D)   problem solving

Question 12

A sleep disorder that may require the use of a machine to force air gently into the nasal passages is called ________.

Accepted Answer

A)   sleep apnea 
B)   insomnia
C)   narcolepsy 
D)   cataplexy

Question 13

The trancelike state in which a subject responds readily to suggestions is ________.

Accepted Answer

A)   Stage 4 sleep
B)   hypnosis
C)   coma
D)   meditation

Question 14

________ are used today for treating insomnia, epilepsy and other disorders.

Accepted Answer

A)   Barbiturates
B)   Opiates
C)   Hallucinogens
D)   Stimulants

Question 15

Which of the following statements is CORRECT concerning the concept of sex and dreams?

Accepted Answer

A)   Men and women typically dream about similar things.
B)   Men dream more each night than women.
C)   Research reports that men and women differ in the things they dream about.
D)   Women tend to dream twice as much as men.

Question 16

Daydreaming, meditation, intoxication, sleep, and hypnosis are all types of ________.

Accepted Answer

A)   altered states of consciousness
B)   self-awareness
C)   waking consciousness
D)   self-absorption

Question 17

Which of the following statements is CORRECT concerning what hypnosis can do?

Accepted Answer

A)   Hypnosis can create amnesia.
B)   Hypnosis can give a person superhuman strength.
C)   Hypnosis can improve intelligence.
D)   Hypnosis can improve memory.

Question 18

This early researcher did a study that seemed to suggest that people deprived of REM sleep would become paranoid, seemingly mentally ill, from lack of this one stage of sleep.

Accepted Answer

A)   Freud
B)   Dement
C)   Jung
D)   James

Question 19

Our awareness of various external stimuli and internal mental processes, such as making decisions, daydreaming, reflecting, and concentrating, is called ________.

Accepted Answer

A)   consciousness 
B)   creativity
C)   intelligence
D)   self-awareness

Question 20

This early researcher did a study that seemed to suggest that people deprived of REM sleep would become paranoid, seemingly mentally ill, from lack of this one stage of sleep.

Accepted Answer

A)   Freud 
B)   Dement 
C)   Jung
D)   James

Exam 4: Consciousness

Upon just waking up, you report a vivid visual event. What term do psychologists use for such phenomena?

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A sleep disorder that may require the use of a machine to force air gently into the nasal passages is called ________.

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This early researcher did a study that seemed to suggest that people deprived of REM sleep would become paranoid, seemingly mentally ill, from lack of this one stage of sleep.

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The trancelike state in which a subject responds readily to suggestions is ________.

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Our awareness of various external stimuli and internal mental processes, such as making decisions, daydreaming, reflecting, and concentrating, is called ________.

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Sleep may decrease activity of neurons associated with ________, suggesting an important cognitive benefit of sleep.

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Daydreaming, meditation, intoxication, sleep, and hypnosis are all types of ________.

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Which of the following statements is true concerning cocaine use in the United States?

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People in Stage 3 (N3) sleep ________.

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This early researcher did a study that seemed to suggest that people deprived of REM sleep would become paranoid, seemingly mentally ill, from lack of this one stage of sleep.

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Melatonin is a ________.

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Consciousness is the ________.

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To treat your sleep problem, you are told that you should avoid alcohol or sleep aids, you should set your alarm clock to wake up at the same time each day, and you should get out of bed if you cannot sleep. You have insomnia.

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Which of the following statements is CORRECT concerning what hypnosis can do?

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Mental activities that differ noticeably from normal waking consciousness are known as ________.

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If Corey is using a drug that causes addiction in nearly 99% of those who use it, he is probably ingesting ________.

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________ are used today for treating insomnia, epilepsy and other disorders.

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Which of the following statements is CORRECT concerning the concept of sex and dreams?

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The social-cognitive theory of hypnosis suggests that ________.

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Upon just waking up, you report a vivid visual event. What term do psychologists use for such phenomena?

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A sleep disorder that may require the use of a machine to force air gently into the nasal passages is called ________.

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This early researcher did a study that seemed to suggest that people deprived of REM sleep would become paranoid, seemingly mentally ill, from lack of this one stage of sleep.

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The trancelike state in which a subject responds readily to suggestions is ________.

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Our awareness of various external stimuli and internal mental processes, such as making decisions, daydreaming, reflecting, and concentrating, is called ________.

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Sleep may decrease activity of neurons associated with ________, suggesting an important cognitive benefit of sleep.

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Daydreaming, meditation, intoxication, sleep, and hypnosis are all types of ________.

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Which of the following statements is true concerning cocaine use in the United States?

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People in Stage 3 (N3) sleep ________.

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This early researcher did a study that seemed to suggest that people deprived of REM sleep would become paranoid, seemingly mentally ill, from lack of this one stage of sleep.

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Which of the following statements is CORRECT concerning what hypnosis can do?

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Mental activities that differ noticeably from normal waking consciousness are known as ________.

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________ are used today for treating insomnia, epilepsy and other disorders.

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