Altered States of Consciousness

What is the focusing of attention to clear one's mind and produce relaxation called?

• euphoria

• biofeedback

• hypnosis

• meditation

The process of learning to control bodily states with the help of machines monitoring the states to be controlled is called

• euphoria

• biofeedback

• hypnosis

• meditation

Biological functions like hair and nail growth occur at the __________ level.

• preconscious

• nonconscious

• unconscious

• metaconscious

If you are able to recall an answer while taking a test, the memory of that answer exists at the _________ level

• preconscious

• nonconscious

• unconscious

• conscious

Your inappropriate thoughts that you are unaware of exist at the _________ level of consciousness.

• nonconscious

• preconscious

• unconscious

• superconscious

The _______ theory suggests that when people are "hypnotized" they are only playing the part.

• state

• role

• dissociation

• Response Expectancy

Brenden is asleep when the fire alarm goes off at 4 a.m. and his mother has a difficult time waking him. Brenden is disoriented and confused for a few minutes after waking.  Brenden was most likely in

• stage 1 sleep

• stage 2 sleep

• stage 3 sleep

• REM sleep

After Erica has been sleeping for about 90 minutes, her heart begins to beat faster, her breathing grows fast and irregular, and her closed eyes begin to move back and forth.  She is most likely experiencing

• stage 1 sleep

• stage 2 sleep

• stage 3 sleep

• REM sleep

An altered state of consciousness in which people become deeply relaxed & highly suggestible to changes in behaviors

• biofeedback

• meditation

• hypnosis

• sleeping

________ believed that dreams were representations of our unconscious urges and contained manifest and latent content.

• Skinner

• Freud

• Watson

• All psychologists