General Psychology Chapter 6

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Consciousness involves all of the following except:

Awareness of external events

Awareness of internal sensations

Awareness of one's own thoughts

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The BEST definition for "States of Consciousness" is

What you are currently aware of

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Metacognition refers to:

Thinking about thinking

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Stream of consciousness involves all of the following expect:

Small thoughts can become big issues

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Which of the following statements is true?

It is not clear where consciousness exists

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Consciousness has two parts called:

Awareness & arousal

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Consciousness can be assessed at different:

levels

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The highest levels of consciousness involves:

Controlled processes

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To what does controlled processes refer?

High level of awareness

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Doing a math problem is related to:

Higher-level consciousness

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An expert typing on a keyboard is related to:

Lower-level consciousness

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Feeling like time is moving slowly when you are drunk.

Altered state of consciousness

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Sleeping and dreaming are related to:

Subconscious

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Being anesthetized is related to:

No awareness

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Which of the following events requires controlled processing during which a person has to focus their attention on a task?

Doing a math problem

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Which of the following events requires a minimum level of attention to perform the task?

Punching a number on a cell phone

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Which of the following events relates to your physical experiences after drinking too much coffee?

Altered state of consciousness

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Which of the following events can occur when someone is sleeping?

Subconscious awareness

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Which of the following events comes from the idea that you have thoughts in your head but that you are not aware of their existence?

Unconscious thoughts

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The concept of Theory of Mind refers to:

The capacity to predict others thoughts

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What is the false-belief task? It is a test to determine whether

A child understands that the characters in a story may not know what they know

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Which of the following disorders is closely associated with diagnosed patients failing the false-belief task?

Autism

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About how much of your life spent sleeping?

33%

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Periodic physiological fluctuations in the body are called:

Biological rhythms

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Periodic physiological fluctuations that occur over a 24-hour period are called:

Circadian rhythms

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Which of the following is NOT a typical biological rhythm period?

12-hours

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Which of the following brain structures is linked to the amount of light and dark to which the retina is exposed?

Suprachiasmatic nucleus

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Compared to sighted people, the blind are more likely to have sleeping disorders due to their insensitivity to light upon their retina.

true

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Which of the following is NOT one of the common ways in which the biological clock can be desynchronized?

Eating too much before going to bed

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What is the more general way to understand jet lag?

A desynchronized biological clock

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Which of the following ways will help you reset your biological clock during a bout with jet lag?

Stay outside in the sunshine as much as possible, especially in the morning time

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The amount of sleep a species requires is positively correlated with how intelligent that creature is compared to other species.

FALSE

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Which of the following reasons is most likely related to why we sleep?

Our bodies need a restoration period to recover from use

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Which of the following is NOT helped by sleep?

The integration of old behavioral patterns

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Sleep helps establish the consolidation, storage and maintenance of long-term memories.

TRUE

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Which animal sleeps the most?

bat

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Randy Gardner, a 17-year old high school student, set the record for staying awake. About how long was he awake?

264 hours

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During which period of the daily cycle is it hardest for most people to stay awake?

3 a.m. to 6 a.m.

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There are some, albeit not many, positive cognitive effects of sleep deprivation

FALSE

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Which one of the following is NOT a typical reason for sleeping too little?

Recreation activities

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Physiological changes in adolescence can influence the amount of needed sleep.

true

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Physiological changes in adulthood can influence the amount of needed sleep.

true

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Which of the following brain wave patterns are associated with sleep?

delta

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The presence of "sleep spindles" is associated with which sleep stage?

stage 2

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It is more difficult to wake a person in sleep stage ____.

3

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During which sleep stage do you dream?

REM

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REM sleep is sometimes called:

Stage 5 sleep

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You can dream during which of the following sleep stages:

REM

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The quality or content of dreams is different between REM dreaming and non-REM dreaming.

true

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For which of the following phrases is REM an acronym?

Rapid eye movement

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The brain wave patterns seen during REM sleep are similar to:

Brain waves during wakefulness

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From stage 1 sleep to stage 4 sleep, brain waves:

Develop slower cycles and higher amplitudes

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During which period of life will you dream the most?

Infancy

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About how many hours per day do infants dream?

8

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What is one of the primary reasons for dreaming less over the course of your life?

You have fewer novel experiences

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Which of the following will induce a higher-than-average amount of dreaming during a single night?

You go to Disneyland for the first time in your life and you take the first rollercoaster ride you ever experience

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Which of the following is NOT related to the value of sleep?

The management of emotional responding

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A full cycle of sleep stages (stages 2 through REM) takes approximately:

90 minutes

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Which of the following do you lose during the second half of your night of sleep?

Stages 3 & 4 sleep

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As you lose deep sleep stages throughout the night they are replaced by ____ in each sleep cycle.

REM sleep

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Sleep is primarily regulated by which of the following brain areas?

Reticular formation

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Which of the following neurotransmitters is NOT primarily related to sleep?

Dopamine

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When are you most likely to wake up?

After a REM period

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There is a positive correlation between sleep disorders and a variety of illnesses and diseases

TRUE

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This sleep disorder is characterized by the person having an inability to fall asleep, problems staying asleep or problems waking up too early.

Insomnia

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Insomnia is a disorder which can be treated in a safe and effective manner.

true

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Somnambulists are acting out their dreams?

false

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Sleepwalking occurs during stage(s) ___ of sleep.

3 and 4

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It is safe to wake a sleepwalker.

TRUE

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The things stated by sleep talkers are accurate information

FALSE

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The sleep disorder which causes a person to fall asleep in an unexpected and controlled manner is called

Narcolepsy

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Dreams have been recorded and analyzed since about:

2000 BCE in Mesopotamia

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This theory suggests that dreaming can be understood by the same cognitive concepts that are used when studying people that are awake.

Cognitive theory of dreaming

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This theory suggests that dreaming occurs because the cerebral cortex is trying to make sense of the random messages it receives from the lower parts of the brain.

Activation-synthesis theory

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The type of brain activity you have while awake.

alpha waves

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The story line of a dream is called the:

manifest content

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Circadian rhythms follow which cycle length?

24 hours

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Which of the following is a correct representation of sleep cycle stages?

1,2,3,4,3,2,REM

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In which sleep period does dreaming occur?

REM

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REM sleep seems to positively influence:

memory

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Which of the following is NOT associated with dreaming?

Sleep walking

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Which of the following will NOT occur if you are sleep deprived?

increases in semantic memory recognition

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Which of the following sleep disorders occur during stage 4 sleep?

night terrors

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On average, a newborn infant will dream ___ hours per day.

8

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Hypnosis is a combination of:

social influence and splits in consciousness

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Hypnotized subjects will behave in a manner similar to people who were only asked to pretend to be hypnotized.

true

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The process is generally referred to as an altered state of consciousness during which the subject is especially susceptible to suggestions.

Hypnosis

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Which of the following behaviors will a typical hypnotized subject do if you tell her to do it?

None of the above

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Which of the following is NOT part of the four successful steps of hypnosis?

The hypnotist's control over the subject's psyche

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Which of the following has hypnosis been applied to successfully?

All of the above

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Currently, the use of illegal substances is:

About the same for the past ten years

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Psychoactive substances are defined by:

Substances that influence psychological properties

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The need to take more of the drug to produce the same high.

Tolerance

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The affect of a changed nervous system which is evident when the drug is absent from the nervous system.

Physical dependence

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Either a physical or psychological dependence on a drug.

Addiction

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A strong feeling that you need to take a drug is called:

Psychological dependence

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Psychoactive substances that slow down psychological and behavioral activity are called:

Depressants

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Psychoactive substances that increase central nervous system activity are called:

Stimulants

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Substances that make you see things that are not there.

Hallucinogenics

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Substances which are frequently used to reduce pain but also influence your thinking processes.

Opiates

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