chapter 5 pretest. 1. breathing interruption that occurs during sleep

Chapter 5

Pretest

1. Breathing interruption that occurs during sleep

• Sleep apnea

2. Stimulant used to help people stay awake and reduce appetite

• Amphetamine

3. Biological Clock

• Circadian rhythm

4. Perception of an object or a sound seems real but is not

• hallucination

5. Stage of sleep In which we have the most vivid dreams

• REM sleep

6. State of awareness in which a person’s sense of self or of the

world alters

• Alter state of conscious

7. Sleep problem in which people suddenly fall asleep no

matter what time it is

Narcolepsy

• Narcolepsy

8. False idea that seems real

• delusions

9. Removal of poisonous substances from the body

detoxification

10. System that feeds back information about something

happening in the body.

• Bio-feed back

Multiple choice

1.THE TYPE OR CONCIOUSNESS WE EXPERIENCE WHEN WE ARE CONSCIOIUS OF

EXTERNAL SENSATIONS IS

1. Sensory awareness

2. Direct inner awareness

3. Self-consciousness

4. Dream time

• A

2. Many of our basic biological functions, such as breathing, exist at the

1. Preconscious level

2. Unconscious level

3. Non-conscious level

4. Conscious level

C

3. Sleep and meditation are examples of

1. Altered states of consciousness

2. Circadian rhythms

3. Meditation

4. Hallucinations

A

4. During a 24 hour day, people experience a sequence of changes in

1. Sleepiness and wakefulness

2. body pressure

3. body temperature

4. All of the above

D

6. Sleep is considered a ;necessary vital function because it

1. Helps people recover from stress

2. Builds up a person’s resistance to infection

3. Maintains the brain’s proper functioning

4. Does all of the above

D

5. Sleep researchers define our sleep stages In terms of

1. The length of time each takes

2. Brain wave patterns

3. The time of night each occurs

4. The number of times we wake up

B

7. During NREM sleep, dreaming

1. Never occurs

2. Is the most vivid

3. Is usually vague and fleeting

4. Usually involves clear, realistic plots

C

8. Psychologists suggest that people try to combat insomnia by

1. Taking sleeping pills

2. Drinking coffee or another kind of stimulant

3. Trying harder to fall asleep

4. Using daydreams to relax

D

9. According to the bio-psychological approach, dreaming occurs because of the

1. Random firing of neurons

2. Dreamer’s unconscious wishes or urges

3. Effects of sleep disorders

4. Dreamer’s circadian rhythms

A

10. Sleepwalking in children is probably caused by

1. An inability to fall into a deep sleep

2. immaturity of the nervous system

3. Effects of a sleep disorders

4. Dreamer’s circadian rhythms

B

11. Biofeedback has been used successfully to treat

1. High blood pressure

2. Cancer

3. Eating disorders

4. All of the above

A

12 Some psychologists dispute that hypnosis is an altered state of consciousness because

1. It has not been effective in helping people reduce anxiety

2. It is involuntary

3. People’s brain wave patterns do not change under hypnosis

4. All of the above

C

13. Slurred speech, blurred vision, and impaired judgment are the results of

1. Nicotine

2. Amphetamines

3. Cocaine

4. intoxication

D

14. Morphine and heroin are addictive depressants known as

1. Amphetamines

2. Narcotics

3. Stimulant's

4. hallucinogens

B

15. Maintenance programs help people addicted to narcotics by all of the following except

1. Removing all drugs from the addict

2. Giving controlled amounts of a less addictive drug

3. Reducing the amount of the narcotic an addict takes

4. Providing moral support during group talks

A