Psychology Review

Consciousness is

• the ability to solve problems, reason, and remember.

• the process of organizing and interpreting sensory information.

• effortless encoding of incidental information into memory.

• our awareness of ourselves and our environment.

Our inability to consciously process all the sensory information available to us at any single point in time best illustrates the necessity of

• circadian rhythms

• selective attention

• REM rebound

• hypnagogic sensations

A periodic, natural loss of consciousness that involves distinct stages is known as

• the circadian rhythm

• narcolepsy

• dissociation

• sleep

REM sleep is

• inhibited by alcohol and inhibited by sleeping pills

• facilitated by alcohol and inhibited by sleeping pills

• inhibited by alcohol and facilitated by sleeping pills

• facilitated by alcohol and facilitated by sleeping pills

Which theory suggests that hypnosis involves inducing someone to enact the role of a hypnotic subject?

• neural activation theory

• dissociation theory

• social influence theory

• wish-fulfillment theory

When moderately intoxicated by alcohol

• an angry person tends to be more aggressive than usual.

• a giving person tends to be more generous than usual.

• a sexually aroused person tends to be more sexually active than usual.

• all of these people tend to behave as stated.

One biological basis for addiction involves brain activity in the ________________ reward system.

• ghrelin

• dopamine

• leptin

• cortisol