Unit 5 Chapter Review

Unit 5 Chapter Review

Sensation - Drugs

Multiple Choice

Recent research most consistently supports the effectiveness of hypnosis in which of the following areas?

• pain relief

• recovery of lost memories

• reduction of sleep deprivation

• forcing people to act against will

• cessation of smoking

Multiple Choice

While engaged in an argument with his brother, a man suddenly falls asleep.

• Sleep apnea

• Insomnia

• Night terrors

• Sleepwalking

• Narcolepsy

Multiple Choice

Which of the following are visible on the EEG of a person in NREM-3 sleep?

• Sleep Spindles

• REM

• Alpha Waves

• SCN

• Delta Waves

Multiple Choice

Hadley is complaining to her physician that she had great difficulty falling asleep, and that when she does fall asleep, she regularly wakens later during the night. She will most likely be diagnosed with

• insomnia.

• narcolepsy.

• sleep apnea.

• night terrors.

• sleepwalking.

Multiple Choice

What is the pineal gland's role in sleep?

• Activating the suprachiasmatic nucleus

• The production of melatonin

• The location of hypnagogic sensations

• Remembering dreams upon waking

• Emitting alpha waves

Multiple Choice

As part of a sleep study researchers notice bursts of rapid, rhythmic brain-wave activity called __________ and determine that Jane is in NREM-2 sleep

• hallucinations

• circadian rhythms

• alpha waves

• sleep spindles

• delta waves

Multiple Choice

Increasing amounts of paradoxical sleep following a period of sleep deprivation is known as what?

• Circadian sleep

• Sleep shifting

• Narcolepsy

• Sleep apnea

• REM Rebound

Multiple Choice

Which of these drugs acts as both a stimulant and a hallucinogen, causes dangerous dehydration in the short term, and causes serotonin disruption in the long term?

• LSD

• Ecstasy

• Alcohol

• Cocaine

• Caffeine

Multiple Choice

What are the three major categories of drugs?

• hallucinogens, depressants, stimulants

• stimulants, barbiturates, hallucinogens

• amphetamines, barbiturates, opiates

• MDMA, LSD, THC

• alcohol, caffeine, nicotine

Multiple Choice

Jarod's muscles are relaxed, his body is basically paralyzed, and he is hard to awaken. Which sleep state is Jarod experiencing?

• NREM-1

• NREM-2

• NREM-3

• REM

• Alpha

Multiple Choice

The effects of opiates are similar to the effects of which neurotransmitter?

• barbiturates

• endorphins

• tranquilizers

• nembutal

• acetylcholine

Multiple Choice

Slowed reactions, slurred speech, and decreased skill performance are associated with abuse of which drug?

• nicotine

• methamphetamine

• caffeine

• alcohol

• ecstasy

Multiple Choice

What term did Ernest Hilgard use to describe a split between different levels of consciousness?

• hypnagogic imagery

• REM sleep

• Delta waves

• spindles

• dissociation

Multiple Choice

Psychologists who study the brain's activity during sleep are most likely to use which of these technologies?

• MRI

• CT scan

• PET scan

• EEG

• EKG

Multiple Choice

What term describes the brain's adaptation to a drug's chemistry, requiring larger and larger doses for the same effect?

• withdrawal

• tolerance

• addiction

• substance abuse disorder

• disinhibiting