AP Psych: Unit 3.5 test

Sleep paralysis typically occurs in people who are

Sleep paralysis typically occurs in people who are

in REM sleep

Which of the following groups of characteristics best describes the REM sleep stage?

Fast breathing, relatively high heart rate, relatively high blood pressure

The explanation that holds that dreams are merely the brain’s attempt to make sense of meaningless patterns of brain activity during sleep is called the

activation-synthesis theory

Based on its effects on the central nervous system, alcohol can be classified as

a depressant

Lucid dreaming occurs when people

have dreams in which they are aware that they are dreaming

Getting a headache from not having a morning coffee after substantial daily coffee consumption for several months is most likely due to

withdrawal

When people consume large amounts of alcohol, they are often unable to recall what they did and said while they were drinking. This occurs because alcohol interferes with the brain’s ability to form new memories in the

hippocampus

Caffeine and nicotine are in the same class as which of the following drugs?

Cocaine

Cocaine blocks the reuptake of which neurotransmitter?

Dopamine

An individual who drinks alcohol daily finds it necessary to drink increasing amounts to achieve the state of well-being attained in the past. This individual is showing

alcohol tolerance

When a person is suffering from severe pain, the type of drug that will best help alleviate that pain is

an opiate

Which of the following characteristics is generally associated with the use of hallucinogens?

The experience of vivid, distorted images that are not based on sensory input

Which of the following will NOT increase behavioral and mental activity?

Barbiturates

During the night, Alicia stops breathing repeatedly, frequently gasps for air, and snores loudly at regular intervals. Alicia is most likely suffering from which of the following conditions?

Sleep apnea

The biological clock that operates in human beings to adjust their functioning to night-and-day periodicity is referred to as

a circadian rhythm

Sara had an argument with her coworker, Adam. That night, Sara had a dream that she was shopping at a mall and Adam was in every store in which she shopped. A psychoanalyst would say that Adam’s being at the mall in her dream was an example of which of the following?

The manifest content

Sigmund Freud believed that dream analysis was a useful device for

gaining insight into unconscious motives

Rafael has a sleep disorder for which he takes medically prescribed amphetamines. For which of the following sleep disorders is Rafael most likely being treated?

Narcolepsy

Sally says that her dream about going to a circus is just her brain attempting to make sense of random stimulation from the brain stem. Sally’s explanation is consistent with which of the following theories of dreaming?

Activation-synthesis

Which of the following statements concerning sleep is valid?

Individuals do not typically act out their dreams.