PSY2012 EXAM 2 COMPLETE STUDY
QUESTIONS AND OUTLINED ANSWERS
2026.
\.A child is kicking and screaming with his eyes open wide. Which stage of sleep
would you most expect him to be in?
A) REM sleep
B) Non-REM sleep
C) Awake - ANSWERS✔-B)
The child is having a night terror, which happen almost exclusively in non-REM
sleep.
- Typically Night terror = Stage 4 sleep
\.Alex has been known to sleep walk ever since he was a young kid. One night,
Alex drives to publix, comes home and cooks a pizza all while sleeping. What stage
of sleep is Alex most likely in and do you believe that he is acting out his dream?
A) Stage 1; Yes - he is acting out his dreams
B) Stage 5/REM sleep; yes - he is acting out his dreams
C) Stage 4; No - he is not acting out his dreams - ANSWERS✔-C)
,Sleep walkers are NOT acting out their dreams , bc sleepwalking almost always
occurs during Non-REM sleep (especially stages 3 and 4).
\.Which of the following are not proposed ideas of why we dream?
A) Processing emotional memories.
B) Integrating new experiences with established memories to make sense of and
create a virtual reality model of the world.
C) Learning new strategies and ways of doing things, like swinging golf club.
D) stimulating threatening events so we can better cope with them in everyday
life.
E) Reorganizing and consolidating memories
F) All of the above. - ANSWERS✔-F) All are proposed ideas in the book
\.There are sharp disagreements among scientists about the role of the brain stem
and REM sleep, and the role that development plays in dreaming. What are the 2
things that scientists generally agree on?
A) serotonin turns on REM sleep
B) Acetylcholine turns on REM sleep
C) the forebrain plays an important role in dreams
D) the hindbrain plays an important role in dreams
E) B & C
F) A & C
G) B & D - ANSWERS✔-E) B & C are correct
,\.Freud distinguished between the details of the dream itself, which he called the
__________, and its true, hidden meaning, which he called the __________. -
ANSWERS✔-manifest content ; latent content
Ex: A dream about getting a flat tire (manifest content) might signify anxiety about
the loss of status at our job (latent content).
\.In a study of mystical experiences, participants were given a hallucinogenic drug
that is the active ingredient in the "mushroom." What is the most likely
neurotransmitter affected when this drug is ingested?
A) Acetylcholine
B) Calcium-gated ion channels
C) Serotonin
D) Norepinephrine - ANSWERS✔-C) Serotonin receptors are affected
LSD is an agonist for serotonin (mimics serotonin in the brain; Ex: hallucinations,
schizophrenia)
- Think: If your serotonin levels are off.. your brain will be "tonin" out
\.Which of the following regarding hypnosis is false?
, A) Studies show that hypnosis enhances the effectiveness of cognitive-behavioral
psychotherapies.
B) Hypnosis is useful for treating pain, medical conditions, obesity, anxiety, and
habit disorders.
C) We can be certain that hypnosis produces great benefits that are fully
attributed to hypnosis alone. - ANSWERS✔-C) There is no evidence that hypnosis
is an effective treatment by itself, so we should be skeptical of "professional
hypnotherapists."
\.Which of the following is not a common MYTH of Hypnosis as discussed in the
textbook?
A) Hypnosis produces a trance state in which amazing things occur.
B) Hypnotic phenomena are unique - scientists haven't yet identified any unique
physiological states of markers of hypnosis.
C) Hypnosis is a sleep-like state.
D) Hypnotic people are unaware of their surroundings.
E) Hypnotized people forget what happened during hypnosis.
F) Hypnosis enhances memory
G) Hypnosis produces excess epinephrine and endorphins. - ANSWERS✔-G) this is
not a myth - this is completely false.
The rest are all common myths the book mentions that are believed about
hypnosis and they are not true.
QUESTIONS AND OUTLINED ANSWERS
2026.
\.A child is kicking and screaming with his eyes open wide. Which stage of sleep
would you most expect him to be in?
A) REM sleep
B) Non-REM sleep
C) Awake - ANSWERS✔-B)
The child is having a night terror, which happen almost exclusively in non-REM
sleep.
- Typically Night terror = Stage 4 sleep
\.Alex has been known to sleep walk ever since he was a young kid. One night,
Alex drives to publix, comes home and cooks a pizza all while sleeping. What stage
of sleep is Alex most likely in and do you believe that he is acting out his dream?
A) Stage 1; Yes - he is acting out his dreams
B) Stage 5/REM sleep; yes - he is acting out his dreams
C) Stage 4; No - he is not acting out his dreams - ANSWERS✔-C)
,Sleep walkers are NOT acting out their dreams , bc sleepwalking almost always
occurs during Non-REM sleep (especially stages 3 and 4).
\.Which of the following are not proposed ideas of why we dream?
A) Processing emotional memories.
B) Integrating new experiences with established memories to make sense of and
create a virtual reality model of the world.
C) Learning new strategies and ways of doing things, like swinging golf club.
D) stimulating threatening events so we can better cope with them in everyday
life.
E) Reorganizing and consolidating memories
F) All of the above. - ANSWERS✔-F) All are proposed ideas in the book
\.There are sharp disagreements among scientists about the role of the brain stem
and REM sleep, and the role that development plays in dreaming. What are the 2
things that scientists generally agree on?
A) serotonin turns on REM sleep
B) Acetylcholine turns on REM sleep
C) the forebrain plays an important role in dreams
D) the hindbrain plays an important role in dreams
E) B & C
F) A & C
G) B & D - ANSWERS✔-E) B & C are correct
,\.Freud distinguished between the details of the dream itself, which he called the
__________, and its true, hidden meaning, which he called the __________. -
ANSWERS✔-manifest content ; latent content
Ex: A dream about getting a flat tire (manifest content) might signify anxiety about
the loss of status at our job (latent content).
\.In a study of mystical experiences, participants were given a hallucinogenic drug
that is the active ingredient in the "mushroom." What is the most likely
neurotransmitter affected when this drug is ingested?
A) Acetylcholine
B) Calcium-gated ion channels
C) Serotonin
D) Norepinephrine - ANSWERS✔-C) Serotonin receptors are affected
LSD is an agonist for serotonin (mimics serotonin in the brain; Ex: hallucinations,
schizophrenia)
- Think: If your serotonin levels are off.. your brain will be "tonin" out
\.Which of the following regarding hypnosis is false?
, A) Studies show that hypnosis enhances the effectiveness of cognitive-behavioral
psychotherapies.
B) Hypnosis is useful for treating pain, medical conditions, obesity, anxiety, and
habit disorders.
C) We can be certain that hypnosis produces great benefits that are fully
attributed to hypnosis alone. - ANSWERS✔-C) There is no evidence that hypnosis
is an effective treatment by itself, so we should be skeptical of "professional
hypnotherapists."
\.Which of the following is not a common MYTH of Hypnosis as discussed in the
textbook?
A) Hypnosis produces a trance state in which amazing things occur.
B) Hypnotic phenomena are unique - scientists haven't yet identified any unique
physiological states of markers of hypnosis.
C) Hypnosis is a sleep-like state.
D) Hypnotic people are unaware of their surroundings.
E) Hypnotized people forget what happened during hypnosis.
F) Hypnosis enhances memory
G) Hypnosis produces excess epinephrine and endorphins. - ANSWERS✔-G) this is
not a myth - this is completely false.
The rest are all common myths the book mentions that are believed about
hypnosis and they are not true.
