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Question 1 Corrie is asleep. She is experiencing vivid, bizarre dreams. Her body is not moving...

Question 1

Corrie is asleep. She is experiencing vivid, bizarre dreams. Her body is not moving at all, and both her heart rate and breathing are elevated. Most likely, Corrie is in the ____________ stage of sleep.

Answers:	A. NREM-1
	B. NREM-2
	C. NREM-3
	D. REM

Question 2

Victoria has accumulated a large sleep debt. This means that she ________.

Answers:	A. falls asleep in the middle of the day
	B. sleeps more than 12 hours in a 24-hour period
	C. is very sleep deprived
	D. owes her bookie a lot of money

Question 3

When morning approaches, our body temperature and level of wakefulness increases, and continues to increase (with periodic dips) throughout the day. Then, as night approaches, our body temperature and level wakefulness drops. This is an example of:

Answers:	A. Hypnosis
	B. a Circadian Rhythm
	C. REM sleep
	D. Narcolepsy

Question 4

______________ is a hormone that, when released, makes us sleepy.

Answers:	A. Norepinephrine
	B. Melatonin
	C. Serotonin
	D. Orexin

Question 5

______________ is a sleep disorder that involves spontaneous bouts of REM sleep and cataplexy (muscle paralysis).

Answers:	A. Narcolepsy
	B. Sleep Apnea
	C. Insomnia
	D. Parasomnia

Question 6

Matt has been drinking alcohol on a regular basis for quite a few years now. When he first started drinking, he would get drunk off of 1 or 2 beers. Now, he needs to drink 10 beers just to feel the same amount of drunk. This is because Matt:

Answers:	A. Matt is experiencing symptoms of withdrawal.
	B. because alcohol is a stimulant.
	C. has developed a higher tolerance for alcohol.
	D. needs to start drinking liquor instead.

Question 7

Elsa is describing her dream to a friend. She explains that in her dream she being chased by zombies and she escaped them by hiding in a refrigerator. According to Sigmund Freud, Elsa is describing the ____________ content of her dream.

Answers:	A. lucid
	B. latent
	C. manifest
	D. REM

Question 8

Cocaine is a ____________ because it tends to increase overall levels of nervous systemactivity.

Answers:	A. hell of a drug (Hint: this is not the correct answer unless you are Rick James)
	B. stimulant
	C. depressant
	D. hallucinogen

Question 9

Which of the following statement about hypnosis is TRUE?

Answers:	A. After being hypnotized, a person has no memory of what happened while they were in the hypnotic trance.
	B. Scientists have evidence that hypnosis can help us recall lost/repressed memories.
	C. A hypnotist has complete control over the behavior of someone they have hypnotized. The hypnotist can make the hypnotized person do anything the hypnotist wants.
	D. Hypnosis has been effective as a therapeutic technique for improving anxiety & depression.

Question 10

Ali is aware of his feelings, emotions, and thoughts. He is also aware of his surroundings, the warmth of the sun, and the sound of nearby traffic. Ali is in a state of ________.

Answers:	A. hypnosis
	B. unconsciousness
	C. consciousness
	D. protoconsciousness

Solutions

Expert Solution

1. D

REM sleep is charaterized by vivid dreams. It is the deepest sleep sage, and characterized by increased heart and respiration rate.

2. C

It means that she has not slept properly for a few days, which has led her to be sleep deprived.

3. B

The circadian rythym controls and regulates our bodily and sleep rythyms.

4. B

Melatonin, which is secreted by the pineal gland, makes us feel sleepy.

5. A

Narcolepsy involves spontaneous bouts of REM sleep, and sudden falling into sleep.

6. C

His tolerance has increased. He needs an increased amount to feel the same pleasure as prevously experienced.

7. C

Manifest content is the literal or actual content of the dream, and latent content is the hideen meaning of it.

8. B

It is a stimulant, it increases the activity of the central nervous system

9. D

Studies have shown that hypnosis is effective as a therapeutic technique for improving anxiety & depression.

10. C

Consciousnees is the awareness of ones own self and the surroundings.

Hayet Jeridi answered 5 months ago

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