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WorksheetsAP Psych Unit 5: States of Conciousness
Total questions: 20
Worksheet time: 20mins
During the night, Alicia stops breathing repeatedly, frequently gasps for air, and snores loudly at regular intervals. Alicia is most likely suffering from which of the following conditions?
Sleep apnea
Narcolepsy
Insomnia
Night terrors
The REM rebound effect
In adult humans, which of the following is typically true of REM sleep?
It is correlated with dreaming.
It leads to a marked increase in muscle tone.
It alternates with NREM sleep in 30-minute cycles.
It occurs during the first half of an individual’s sleep cycle.
It involves decreased blood pressure and heart rate.
Sara had an argument with her coworker, Adam. That night, Sara had a dream that she was shopping at a mall and Adam was in every store in which she shopped. A psychoanalyst would say that Adam’s being at the mall in her dream was an example of which of the following?
The manifest content
The latent content
Memory consolidation
Repression
A hypnagogic hallucination
Jeff lives in the United States, and he recently flew to Spain. Even after sleeping for several hours on the flight, he still felt lethargic for a few days. If Jeff has not caught an illness, which of the following is the most likely explanation for his physical response?
His circadian rhythm has been disrupted.
His stages of sleep are out of order.
His delta waves have lost significant amplitude.
He has narcolepsy.
He is experiencing REM rebound.
The drugs that block the reabsorption of neurotransmitters in the synapse during neural transmission are
SSRIs
benzodiazepines
antipsychotics
antihistamines
stimulants
The biological clock that operates in human beings to adjust their functioning to night-and-day periodicity is referred to as
spontaneous neural activity
the biofeedback monitor
a fixed-interval schedule
a circadian rhythm
active consciousness
Sigmund Freud believed that dream analysis was a useful device for
decreasing repression
sublimating the id
strengthening the superego
displacing instinctual forces
gaining insight into unconscious motives
Rafael has a sleep disorder for which he takes medically prescribed amphetamines. For which of the following sleep disorders is Rafael most likely being treated?
Sleep apnea
Narcolepsy
Insomnia
Circadian rhythm sleep disorder
Somnambulism
Which of the following groups of characteristics best describes the REM sleep stage?
Fast breathing, relatively high heart rate, relatively high blood pressure
Possible muscle contractions and sensations of falling
Likelihood of sleepwalking and sleep talking
Slow breathing, low heart rate, low blood pressure
Acting out dreams and bed-wetting
Sally says that her dream about going to a circus is just her brain attempting to make sense of random stimulation from the brain stem. Sally’s explanation is consistent with which of the following theories of dreaming?
Housekeeping
Feedback deprivation
Wish fulfillment
Cognitive problem-solving
Activation-synthesis
A patient reports constant sleepiness. A series of tests reveal that the patient’s sleep is frequently disrupted by periods of interrupted breathing and brief awakenings. Which of the following diagnoses would account for such symptoms?
Somnambulism
Sleep terrors
Narcolepsy
REM behavior disorder
Sleep apnea
Caffeine and nicotine are in the same class as which of the following drugs?
Marijuana
Valium
Cocaine
Alcohol
Peyote
Cocaine blocks the reuptake of which neurotransmitter?
Epinephrine
Endorphins
Gamma-aminobutyric acid (GABA)
Substance P
Dopamine
A certain drug reduces the activity of the central nervous system, including the hippocampus and cerebellum. It affects several neurotransmitters, most notably gamma-aminobutyric acid (GABA). Which of the following is most like the drug in question ?
Methamphetamine
Cocaine
Caffeine
Alcohol
MDMA (Ecstasy)
Which of the following will NOT increase behavioral and mental activity?
Cocaine
Caffeine
Benzedrine
Amphetamines
Barbiturates
A common psychological effect of alcohol intake is
reduced inhibition
anxiety
enhanced memory
psychosis
heightened creativity
When people consume large amounts of alcohol, they are often unable to recall what they did and said while they were drinking. This occurs because alcohol interferes with the brain’s ability to form new memories in the
reticular formation
occipital lobe
parietal lobe
thalamus
hippocampus
Ernest and Josephine Hilgard conducted experiments in which participants had one hand in painfully icy water and the other hand on a button to alert the experimenter of feelings of pain. After the participants were hypnotized to not feel pain, participants did not verbally report feeling pain even though they subconsciously pressed the button to indicate that they felt pain. How did the experimenters explain the contradiction in pain perception?
The participants cannot be hypnotized.
The participants are experiencing a psychotic breakdown.
The participants are experiencing dissociation.
The participants are repressing the pain in their unconscious.
The participants are dreaming.
Lucid dreaming occurs when people
do not experience REM sleep
experience night terrors
eat large meals immediately before going to sleep
have dreams in which they are aware that they are dreaming
hallucinate
Which chemical is most closely associated with sleep?
Cortisol
Oxytocin
Melatonin
Testosterone
Estrogen
