States of Consciousness Test Review

The vast sum of operations of the mind that take place outside of our awareness:

• Unconscious

• Subconscious

• Conscious

• Superconscious

Circadian rhythms are the physical, mental, and behavioral changes an organism experiences over a _____ cycle.

• 24 hour

• 36 hour

• monthly

• yearly

The approximate length of the human sleep cycle is:

• 30 minutes

• 60 minutes

• 90 minutes

• 120 minutes

The alignment of the biological clock rhythm to external time cues, such as the natural dark-light cycle:

• Entrainment

• REM rebound

• Homeostasis

• Somnambulism

Which brain waves are present during NREM 3 sleep?

• Beta

• Alpha

• Delta

• Gamma

About what percentage of our sleep time is spent in REM?

• 20%

• 50%

• 80%

• 90%

Which occurs during NREM 2?

• K-complexes and sleep spindles

• Dreams and nightmares

• Secretion of the growth hormone and sleepwalking

• Heart rate increase and quick movements of the eyes

Dreams allow the brain to restore, recharge, and organize. This describes which dream theory?

• Threat simulation

• Information processing

• Activation synthesis

• Physiological function

The hidden meaning of a dream, according to psychoanalytic theory/Freud:

• Manifest content

• Latent content

• Dissociated content

• Lucid content

Which dream theory states that dreams help to develop and preserve the brain's neural pathways?

• Activation synthesis

• Physiological function

• Information processing

• Psychoanalytic