Question 1

According to research evidence on dream content, which of the following would a student be LEAST likely to dream about?

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A)   falling from the top of a tall building on campus
B)   being chased by his or her most feared instructor
C)   a political candidate who held strong views about tuition-fee increases
D)   missing an important examE) A) and D)
F) All of the above

Question 2

At this moment, as you are concentrating on answering this exam question correctly, your dominant brain wave pattern MOST likely consists of

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A)   alpha waves.
B)   beta waves.
C)   delta waves.
D)   theta waves.E) A) and B)
F) All of the above

Question 3

Research suggests that about ____ of the population does not respond to hypnosis.

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A)   1-2%
B)   25-30%
C)   40%
D)   10-20%E) C) and D)
F) A) and B)

Question 4

REM periods of sleep tend to ____ as the night goes on.

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A)   deepen
B)   lighten
C)   shorten
D)   lengthenE) B) and D)
F) All of the above

Question 5

The most common known sleep disorder is

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A)   sleep apnoea.
B)   night terrors.
C)   insomnia.
D)   somnambulism.E) A) and B)
F) A) and C)

Question 6

When the first astronauts travel to Mars, they will be travelling for long periods of time with no external time cues. You would predict that the circadian rhythms for these astronauts would

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A)   drift toward a slightly longer cycle.
B)   drift toward a slightly shorter cycle.
C)   stay synchronised with a 24-hour cycle.
D)   become sporadic and show no definite pattern.E) C) and D)
F) B) and C)

Question 7

Hayley is taking a prescription drug to control her back pain. She finds that when she takes the drug she experiences some short-term drowsiness and nausea. It is likely that Hayley's physician has prescribed

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A)   a stimulant.
B)   a sedative.
C)   a hallucinogen.
D)   a narcotic.E) B) and C)
F) A) and D)

Question 8

Iris has been asleep for less than an hour. Her parents are surprised when she walks into the living room, and they tell her to go back to sleep. The next day Iris does not remember getting up after she went to bed. From this description it appears that Iris experienced

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A)   a night terror.
B)   somnambulism.
C)   a nightmare.
D)   an episode of sleep apnoea.E) C) and D)
F) A) and B)

Question 9

Sleepwalking is MOST likely to occur

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A)   when a person has emotional or psychological problems.
B)   after a person has been asleep for several hours.
C)   during slow-wave sleep.
D)   during REM sleep.E) B) and D)
F) All of the above

Question 10

Sleep Stages 3 and 4 are referred to as

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A)   low amplitude sleep.
B)   high amplitude sleep.
C)   slow-wave sleep.
D)   fast-wave sleep.E) B) and D)
F) B) and C)

Question 11

A progressive decrease in one's response to a drug with repeated and prolonged use is called

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A)   withdrawal.
B)   habituation.
C)   dependency.
D)   tolerance.E) A) and D)
F) B) and C)

Question 12

Dissociation refers to

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A)   a loss of inhibition by hypnotised subjects
B)   a hypnotised subject's willingness to act out the hypnotist's suggestions
C)   a splitting of mental processes into two separate, simultaneous streams of awareness
D)   role playing by hypnotised subjects in response to situational cuesE) None of the above
F) A) and D)

Question 13

Sleep spindles, which appear against a background of mixed, mostly lower frequency EEG activity, are characteristic of

Accepted Answer

A)   Stage 1 sleep.
B)   Stage 2 sleep.
C)   Stage 4 sleep.
D)   REM sleep.E) All of the above
F) C) and D)

Question 14

Anne has noticed that for the past three weeks she is unable to sleep for more than five hours at a time, even though she used to regularly get eight hours of sleep per night. She wakes early in the morning and just can't fall back to sleep once this happens. It appears that Anne has developed

Accepted Answer

A)   somnambulism.
B)   insomnia.
C)   pseudoinsomnia.
D)   sleep apnoea.E) B) and C)
F) A) and B)

Question 15

Nathaniel's wife cannot sleep through the night. She claims that her husband seems to stop breathing in his sleep and then suddenly jerks awake, gasping for breath. This not only disturbs his sleep, it also awakens her. It is likely that Nathaniel

Accepted Answer

A)   has narcolepsy.
B)   is experiencing night terrors.
C)   has sleep apnoea.
D)   has developed pseudoinsomnia.E) B) and C)
F) None of the above

Question 16

Peter is in a deep sleep and his brain wave pattern consists of low frequency delta waves. Peter is experiencing which stage of sleep?

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A)   REM
B)   Stage 3 or 4
C)   Stage 1
D)   Stage 2E) B) and D)
F) B) and C)

Question 17

A rapid EEG (beta waves) , dreaming, rapid eye movements and profound muscle relaxation go with

Accepted Answer

A)   Stage 1 sleep.
B)   Stage 2 sleep.
C)   REM sleep.
D)   relaxed wakefulness.E) A) and B)
F) None of the above

Question 18

Many suggestions have been made for the evolutionary function of sleep. Briefly describe two of them.

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There are three main hypotheses regardin...

Question 19

If you normally sleep eight hours each night, and last night you only slept for six hours, which stage of sleep would be MOST affected by the loss of total sleep time?

Accepted Answer

A)   slow-wave
B)   NREM
C)   Stage 2
D)   REME) C) and D)
F) None of the above

Question 20

If you were awakened while you are experiencing rapid eye movements you probably would report that you had

Accepted Answer

A)   a headache.
B)   been dreaming.
C)   not been dreaming.
D)   not really been asleep.E) A) and D)
F) A) and C)

Exam 5: States of Consciousness

Sleepwalking is MOST likely to occur

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At this moment, as you are concentrating on answering this exam question correctly, your dominant brain wave pattern MOST likely consists of

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When the first astronauts travel to Mars, they will be travelling for long periods of time with no external time cues. You would predict that the circadian rhythms for these astronauts would

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According to research evidence on dream content, which of the following would a student be LEAST likely to dream about?

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Peter is in a deep sleep and his brain wave pattern consists of low frequency delta waves. Peter is experiencing which stage of sleep?

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REM periods of sleep tend to ____ as the night goes on.

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Iris has been asleep for less than an hour. Her parents are surprised when she walks into the living room, and they tell her to go back to sleep. The next day Iris does not remember getting up after she went to bed. From this description it appears that Iris experienced

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Nathaniel's wife cannot sleep through the night. She claims that her husband seems to stop breathing in his sleep and then suddenly jerks awake, gasping for breath. This not only disturbs his sleep, it also awakens her. It is likely that Nathaniel

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Dissociation refers to

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Hayley is taking a prescription drug to control her back pain. She finds that when she takes the drug she experiences some short-term drowsiness and nausea. It is likely that Hayley's physician has prescribed

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Research suggests that about ____ of the population does not respond to hypnosis.

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Sleep spindles, which appear against a background of mixed, mostly lower frequency EEG activity, are characteristic of

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