AP Psych Semester Review - Unit 5-6

Staying up especially late on weekends is most likely to have an influence on: 

• the circadian rhythm.
• narcolepsy
• sleep apnea
• seasonal affective disorder.  

A modern theory of dreams suggests that dreams help us to fix the day’s experiences into memories.  This is known as the ___________ theory of dreams.

• information processing
• physiological function 
• activation-synthesis 
• cognitive developmental

Carrie’s EEG shows sleep spindles.  Which stage of sleep is she in?

• NREM 1
• NREM 2
• NREM 3
• REM

Until reading this question you were unaware that your shoes are pressing against your feet. This focusing of your conscious attention, or selective attention, illustrates that

• consciousness is easily understood and defined.
• conscious awareness is one part of the dual processing that occurs in our two-track minds.
• the definition of consciousness is constantly evolving.
• advances in neuroscience make it possible to relate brain activity to our mental states.

A modern theory of dreams suggests that dreams help us to fix the day’s experiences into memories.  This is known as the ___________ theory of dreams.

• information processing
• physiological function
• activation-synthesis
• cognitive developmental

The social influence theory of hypnosis receives support from evidence that:

• behaviors produced through hypnotic procedures can also be produced without them.
• hypnotized subjects have a hidden observer.
• easily hypnotized individuals have difficulty focusing attention on their own thoughts and feelings
• very few people are at all responsive to hypnotic suggestions.

Your young child wakes up a few nights per month seemingly in a panic.  She sits up in bed screaming and crying.  You rush in to calm her and to see what is happening.  The child usually returns to sleep and doesn’t remember this happening at all.  What is the best explanation for this behavior?

• She may be exhibiting symptoms of early onset epilepsy.
• She has excessive anxiety during the day.
• She has too much sugar in her diet.
• She is probably experiencing night terrors, a fairly common event in early childhood.

Alpha waves are associated with:

• NREM 1 sleep.
• NREM 2 sleep.
•  NREM 3 sleep
• a relaxed but awake state

Brad has been asleep for 3 hours. As he continues to sleep, we can expect that ________ sleep will diminish and that ________ sleep will increase in duration

• NREM 2; NREM 1
• NREM 1; NREM 2
• NREM 3; REM
• REM; NREM 2

Deep sleep appears to play an important role in:

• narcolepsy.
• posthypnotic amnesia.
• physical growth
• sleep apnea