States of Consciousness Review

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In adult humans, which of the following is typically true of REM sleep? It is correlated with dreaming., It leads to a marked increase in muscle tone., It alternates with NREM sleep in 30-minute cycles., It involves decreased blood pressure and heart rate.

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It is correlated with dreaming.

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Why is Gemma's roommate incorrect about her sleep walking?

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People do not sleep walk in REM sleep.

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Of the following, who would spend the most hours per day sleeping? A teenager, A grandmother, A baby, A mother

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A baby

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According to Freud, what is the manifest content of a dream?

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The storyline of the dream

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According to Freud, what is the latent content of a dream?

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The dream's underlying meaning

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Julie dreamt that she gave her dog pencils for dinner. The act of giving her dogs pencils for dinner in her dream represents the _________ content of the dream.

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Manifest

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Sleep paralysis typically occurs in people who are...

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in REM sleep

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Delilah says that her dream about getting her teeth pulled is just her brain attempting to make sense of random stimulation from the brain stem. Delilah’s explanation is consistent with which of the following theories of dreaming? Housekeeping, Feedback deprivation, Wish fulfillment, Activation-synthesis

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Activation-synthesis

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Derrion dreamed that he ran over his dog. His friend insists that his dream is an act of wish fulfillment by his unconscious mind. Which psychologists would have agreed with Derrion's friend?

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Sigmund Freud

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What do we call the human biological clock that runs on a 24 hour schedule as determined by the rising and setting of the sun?

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Circadian rhythm