Consciousness Practice II

Keshawn has a dream about getting booed off of stage during an impromptu standup performance. His friend tells him the dream is probably just about his nervousness for his upcoming graduation speech. His friend's analysis represents the true meaning of the dream, also known as the ________ content.

• manifest

• important

• latent

• collective unconsciousness

Answer explanation

Correct! Latent content is the hidden, inferred part of the dream that people cannot always recall but is the true meaning of the dream.

What did Sigmund Freud believe about dreams?

• The primary function of dreams is wish fulfillment (the idea that dreaming allows us to act out the desires that we must repress during the day).

• They can be analyzed in order to reveal something important about the dreamer’s present circumstances or predicting their future.

• Both that they can be analyzed in order to understand unconscious needs and desires and that the primary function of dreams is wish fulfillment (the idea that dreaming allows us to act out the desires that we must repress during the day).

• They can be analyzed in order to understand unconscious needs and desires.

Answer explanation

That's correct! Freud believed that dreams could be analyzed by a trained therapist in order to help a subject understand their unconscious needs and desires. He also believed that the primary function of dreams is wish fulfillment, or the idea that dreaming allows us to act out the desires that we must repress during the day.

What does the activation-synthesis theory propose about dreaming?

• Both that dreaming reflects our unconscious needs and desires and that the primary purpose of dreams is wish fulfillment.

• Dreaming reflects our unconscious needs and desires.

• Dreams are our brain’s interpretation of the random firing of neurons in our brainstem.

• The primary purpose of dreams is wish fulfillment.

• The role of dreaming is consolidation. In other words, we dream about the things that are being moved into long-term memory.

Answer explanation

That's correct! The activation-synthesis theory of dreaming proposes that dreams are our brain’s interpretation of the random firing of neurons in the brain stem.

sleep disorder in which the sufferer cannot resist falling to sleep at inopportune times

• Narcolepsy

• Insomnia

• Sleep Apnea

• Night Terror

a consistent difficulty in falling or staying asleep

• Narcolepsy

• Insomnia

• Sleep Apnea

• Night Terror

sleep disorder defined by episodes during which breathing stops during sleep

• Narcolepsy

• Insomnia

• Sleep Apnea

• Night Terror

sleep disorder in which the sleeper experiences a sense of panic and may scream or attempt to escape from the immediate environment

• Narcolepsy

• Insomnia

• Sleep Apnea

• Night Terror

________ occurs when a drug user requires more and more of a given drug in order to experience the same effects of the drug.

• Withdrawal

• Tolerance

• Reuptake

• Dependence

Answer explanation

Correct! As use continues, the drug is metabolized more quickly and the drugs have a diminished effect.

________ refers to drug craving.

• Agonism

• Psychological Dependence

• Physical Dependence

• Antagonism

Answer explanation

Correct! Psychological dependence is drug dependence based on emotional and psychological needs or cravings.

Over-the-counter ________ poses a risk for abuse because of the way it mimics the body’s natural pain-reducing ________.

• heroin; opioids

• methadone; opiates

• codeine; opioids

• cocaine; dopamine

Answer explanation

Correct! Codeine is an over the counter opiate (narcotic) that has a high addiction rate due to its ability to relieve mild to moderate pain.