Chapter 04 PreTest – PreTest
1)
Delta waves are predominant in which stage of sleep?
N2 (R&K Stage 2)
N1 (R&K Stage 1)
N3 (R&K Stages 3 and 4)
REM
2)
Natural cycles of activity that bodies must go through are
called:
microsleeps.
biological rhythms.
hypnotic states.
states of consciousness.
3)
A person with sleep apnea:
falls asleep without warning.
gets up and walks around while still sleeping.
experiences a state of panic.
stops breathing for 10 seconds or more.
4)
Which of the following parts of the body controls the
sleep-wake cycle?
hypothalamus
pituitary gland
thyroid gland
prefrontal cortex
Score: 1
5)
Which of the following is TRUE about night terrors?
They are a common disorder.
They are a state of panic experienced while asleep.
They happen during a light stage of sleep.
They occur fairly equally in children and adults.
6)
Mariam takes 20 minutes daily to sit by herself and
meditate. A fully meditative state is a form of:
convergent thinking.
altered consciousness.
waking consciousness.
non-REM sleep.
7)
Calvin Hall concluded that:
most dreams reflect the events that occur in everyday life.
there are no gender differences when it comes to dreams.
everyone dreams in black and white.
dreams prove that people have wild imaginations.
8)
In the ____________, dreams are less realistic because they
come not from the outside world of reality but from within
people’s memories
and experiences.
activation-synthesis hypothesis
adaptive theory
restorative theory
latent content theory
9)
The ________ of a dream is the actual dream itself.
conflict
latent content
repression
manifest content
10)
Withdrawal is a sign of:
tolerance to a drug.
drunkenness.
physical dependence on a drug.
psychological dependence on a drug.
11)
Methamphetamine is an example of a:
depressant.
stimulant.
hallucinogen.
narcotic.
12)
Opium and its derivatives, morphine and heroin, duplicate
the action of which of the following?
cortisol
endorphins
melatonin
serotonin
13)
Which of the following kills the most people in the United
States every year?
heroin overdose
homicide
alcohol-related car accidents
illnesses related to smoking
14)
Which of the following is NOT true about psychoactive
drugs?
They alter thinking, perception, memory, or some combination
of these abilities.
Some can cause users to develop a drug tolerance.
All of them produce physical dependence in users.
Many were originally developed to help people.
15)
Even in mild doses, marijuana negatively affects:
mood.
appetite.
reaction time.
the ability to sleep.
16)
Barbiturates are known as:
gateway drugs.
the major tranquilizers.
the minor tranquilizers.
hallucinogens.
17)
Nightmares are more common in children than in adults
because _____.
children have more vivid imaginations than adults
growth hormones are released from the pituitary during
non-REM sleep
children spend more of their sleep in the REM state
children suffer from lost sleep more often than adults
18)
Theodora suffers from an inability to get to sleep and to
stay asleep. Which of the following would help Theodora with
her insomnia?
watching the clock so she knows how much sleep she is
actually getting
spending some time in bed relaxing, reading or watching TV
until she gets sleepy
going to bed and getting up on a regular schedule
trying various sleeping pills until she finds one that
doesn’t cause REM rebound
Score: 1
Answers: going
to bed and getting up on a regular schedule
Feedback: Correct.
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19)
Niles has begun to fall asleep suddenly during the day,
sometimes in inappropriate places. Niles is most likely
suffering from:
narcolepsy.
not enough melatonin.
sleep apnea.
insomnia.
20)
On Sara’s walk to campus one morning, she was thinking about
what a nice day it was, how many people were already on
campus, and how she had
to stop by the bookstore on her way to class. Sara was
experiencing:
a meditative state.
insight.
an altered state of consciousness.
waking consciousness.
21)
Debbie’s psychoanalyst tells her that the monster in her
dream symbolizes her abusive father. He is discussing the
dream’s:
spiritual context.
latent content.
manifest content.
actual content.
22)
Derek was lying on the couch and had fallen asleep when all
of a sudden his body jerked, and he woke up because he felt
like he was
falling. Derek was most likely in which stage of sleep?
N1 (R&K Stage 1)
REM
N2 (R&K Stage 2)
N3 (R&K Stages 3 and 4)
23)
Hypnosis is unable to do which of the following?
help people relax in situations that would normally cause
them stress
relieve pain
give people superhuman strength
create amnesia for whatever happens during the session
24)
The key to hypnosis seems to be:
avoiding subjects who are active and alert.
using more practical subjects, as opposed to daydreamers.
a gullible subject.
a heightened state of suggestibility.
25)
In Hilgard’s theory, the _______ remains aware of what is
going on during hypnosis.
brain stem
“hidden observer” part of the mind
conscious mind
“hypnotized” part of the mind
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