Exam 4: Consciousness: Sleep, Dreams, Hypnosis, and Drugs

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A) 1) 5
B) 12
C) 6
D) 24

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A) Due to the sleep deprivation,Sid does not understand the task.
B) Microsleeps are occurring due to the sleep deprivation and he is asleep for brief periods of time.
C) He is determined to ruin the research because of the suffering he is enduring at the hands of the researchers.
D) He is probably dreaming that he is somewhere else and has no interest in responding to the "here and now."

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

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A) Hypnosis increases dopamine levels in the body.
B) People merely play the role of the hypnotized person and attempt to ignore the pain.
C) Hypnotized individuals dissociate the experience so part of the mind is unaware of the pain.
D) Hypnosis results in an altered state of consciousness that alters brain waves in regions of the brain responsible for the perception of pain.

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A) "I have difficulty getting to sleep."
B) "I don't have an adverse reaction to sleeping pills."
C) "I sometimes suddenly fall asleep in the middle of a conversation."
D) "When I get up in the morning,I have the feeling that I had really bad nightmares."

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A) enuresis
B) narcolepsy
C) insomnia
D) REM sleep behavior disorder

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A) sleep aid
B) vitamin supplement
C) means of increasing behavioral arousal
D) treatment for alcoholism

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A) Night terrors are a rare disorder.
B) Nightmares,but not night terrors,suggest some psychological problems.
C) Night terrors,but not nightmares,suggest some psychological problems.
D) Both nightmares and night terrors suggest psychological problems.

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A) enuresis
B) narcolepsy
C) sleep terror
D) daytime insomnia

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A) Sleepwalking has never been used successfully as a murder defense.
B) There have been cases in which sleepwalking was a successful murder defense.
C) Sleepwalking in prisons is a common occurrence.
D) A famous attorney reported that he tried a murder case while he was sleepwalking.

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A) Body temperature bottoms out on Monday mornings.
B) The three biorhythm patterns converge at low points on Mondays.
C) Heart rates typically increase at night.
D) There is an organ in the brain sensitive to light changes,which then affects our sleepiness.

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A) is still a serious problem
B) is not a problem at all
C) only is a problem for women,not men
D) does not affect people older than age 50

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A) EEGs on college students while they were sleeping
B) drugs while sleeping
C) a combination of laser technology and X-ray
D) PET scans

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A) LSD;tetrahydrocannabinol
B) marijuana;psilocybin
C) MDMA;acetylcholine
D) marijuana;tetrahydrocannabinol

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A) too much sleep
B) not enough sleep
C) failure of the brain mechanisms to block brain signals to the muscles
D) deterioration of the medial hypothalamus

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