Question 1

Insomnia is a disorder categorized by the temporary inability to breathe during sleep and results in the person gasping for air.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 2

Which approach to explaining dreams is best supported by the fact that students who are worried about getting a good grade in a class often have recurring dream of running out of time on exams, oversleeping and missing class, or suddenly realizing that a paper deadline was just missed?

Accepted Answer

A)   psychoanalytic
B)   neurocognitive hypothesis
C)   latent-dream theory
D)   activation synthesis

Question 3

The pea-sized gland that is stimulated by light and helps regulate activity levels over the course of a day is the

Accepted Answer

A)   adrenal
B)   pituitary
C)   pineal
D)   thyroid

Question 4

Sleep researchers use the term ________________ to collectively refer to sleep stages 1-4.

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Question 5

Trisha is at a club dancing when someone offers her a pill. Soon after taking the drug, she begins to start hugging her friends and telling them how close she feels to them. She also experiences some minor visual hallucinations before passing out from dehydration and heatstroke. What was the pill that Trisha most likely took?

Accepted Answer

A)   methamphetamine
B)   ecstasy (MDM
A)  
C)   DMT
D)   Xanax

Question 6

List and briefly describe the four major categories of psychoactive drugs. What effect do they typically have on the nervous system?
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Question 7

What is the correct order of disorders from the most to least severe?

Accepted Answer

A)   minimally conscious state, persistent vegetative state, coma
B)   coma, persistent vegetative state, minimally conscious state
C)   persistent vegetative state, coma, minimally conscious state
D)   minimally conscious state, coma, persistent vegetative state

Question 8

Hypnosis has been shown to be moderately successful as a therapy for all of the following except:

Accepted Answer

A)   addiction.
B)   pain therapy.
C)   causing long-term personality changes.
D)   depression and anxiety.

Question 9

Which of the following is the most likely order of sleep stages during the first 90 minutes of a night of rest?

Accepted Answer

A)   Stages 1-2-3-4-1-2-3-4-REM
B)   Stages 1-2-3-4-REM-1-2-3-4
C)   Stages 1-2-3-4-3-2-REM
D)   Stages REM-4-3-2-1

Question 10

REM behavior disorder results from

Accepted Answer

A)   too much sleep.
B)   not enough sleep.
C)   the body not experiencing the typical restriction of movement during REM sleep.
D)   deterioration of the medial hypothalamus.

Question 11

Ernie's muscle movements are not inhibited when he is dreaming. As a result, he literally acts out his dreams, sometimes injuring himself in the process. Ernie appears to suffer from

Accepted Answer

A)   severe sleepwalking.
B)   sleep apnea.
C)   narcolepsy.
D)   REM behavior disorder.

Question 12

Vanya's legs bother him while he tries to sleep, and he feels the need to constantly move them into different positions. Sometimes it even causes him to wake up in the middle of the night. Vanya would be most likely to be diagnosed with

Accepted Answer

A)   restless legs syndrome.
B)   terminal insomnia.
C)   REM behavior disorder.
D)   somnambulism.

Question 13

The deepest stage of sleep is __________ sleep.

Accepted Answer

A)   Stage 1
B)   Stage 2
C)   REM
D)   Stage 4

Question 14

During which part of sleep are you most likely to dream?

Accepted Answer

A)   Stage 1
B)   Stage 2
C)   Stage 3
D)   REM sleep

Question 15

The neurocognitive hypothesis of dreaming suggests that

Accepted Answer

A)   the symbols and metaphors in a dream disguise a person's true unresolved problems.
B)   dreams are usually about our everyday problems and may even help us to solve those problems.
C)   there is no purpose to dreaming; dreams occur because of random brainstem signals.
D)   we are more likely to dream about good things that happen to us than about our problems.

Question 16

___________________ is a disorder in which breathing briefly stops during sleep, causing the person to gasp for air.

Accepted Answer

A)   Sleep apnea
B)   Insomnia
C)   Narcolepsy
D)   Non-REM sleep

Question 17

SCN stands for

Accepted Answer

A)   stop control now.
B)   suprachiasmatic nucleus.
C)   serotonin controlled nucleus.
D)   sleep control nucleus.

Question 18

The active ingredient in marijuana is __________.

Accepted Answer

A)   PCB
B)   THC
C)   LSD
D)   PCP

Question 19

Chemical substances that change moods and perceptions are called __________ drugs.

Accepted Answer

A)   psychosomatic
B)   analgesic
C)   psychoactive
D)   prescription

Question 20

The activation-synthesis hypothesis of dreaming states that

Accepted Answer

A)   the purpose of dreaming is to express unconscious wishes, thoughts, and conflicts.
B)   there is no purpose to dreaming, dreams occur because of random brainstem signals.
C)   the purpose of dreaming is to resolve current concerns and problems.
D)   dreaming is a by-product of a process of eliminating or strengthening neural connections.

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