PSY 150 CH.4 (EXAM 1 PREP) QUESTIONS ANSWERED CORRECTLY LATEST UPDATE 2026
Consciousness - Answers The state of being aware of oneself, ones' thoughts and or the environment
Mass consciousness - Answers World news, shared traumas (ex:baseball fans celebrating dodgers)
Selective attention - Answers Selective on where you're attention goes- honor our focus and
awareness (focus awareness on a small segment of information that is available thorough our sensory
systems)
Cocktail-party effect - Answers ability to attend to only one voice among many (while also being able
to detect your own name in an unattended voice) EX: at party someone calls your name
Inattentional blindness - Answers We don't see something by distraction
automatic processing - Answers Attending to information with little or no conscious effort or
awareness (EX: on the phone walking to class not tripping and arriving to class)
When we are asleep - Answers We are conscious, our brain is still active
5 theories why we sleep - Answers Recovery (sleep, work, hard), memories, creative thinking, growth,
protection (ex:animals)
Stages of sleep - Answers (N1, N2, N3; non-REM), REM rapid eye movement
Stage 1 - Answers Slight sleep (wake person)
Stage 2 - Answers Can't wake easier a person (memories are consolidated)
Stage 3 - Answers Deep sleep-groggy- growth hormone is released
Awake - Answers Delta and beta waves
Deep sleep - Answers Delta waves
Dreaming - Answers REM eye movement phase
Insomnia - Answers Trouble following asleep
Obstructive sleep_______ hyponea - Answers Apnea (concern impacts quality of sleep, don't hear
noise not breathing then hearing that jart)
PTSD nightmares - Answers Non-REM (N1, N2, N3; sleepwalking, typically N3, glazed eyes, doing
tasks- usually in children)
Sleep terrors: screaming, staring, less than 10 minutes- usually in children)
Nightmares - Answers Narcolepsy; neurological irrepressible need to sleep, cataplexy, sleep paralysis-
vulnerability for other disorders.
REM sleep behavior disorder; brainstem, acting out dreams- male 50+, neurodegenerative disease,
narcoplesy
Altered state of mind - Answers Non-substance methods (breathing, exercises, hyperventative
meditation)
Drugs and alcohol
Psychedelics
Stimulants - Answers Increase brain activity (caffeine, adderall, cocaine, ecstasy
(methylenedioxymethamphetamine) MDMA
Depressants - Answers Slows brain activity; muscles relax; feel calm (alcohol, benzodiazepines)
Hallucinogens - Answers Mimic hallucinations and delusions of MH; stimulate sensory neurons
(psychedelics, LSD, psilocybin, ayahuasca, ketamine, ecstasy)
Opioids - Answers Pain relief, euphoria( morphine, codeine, fentanyl, heroin)
Marijuana - Answers Fits all category
Consciousness - Answers The state of being aware of oneself, ones' thoughts and or the environment
Mass consciousness - Answers World news, shared traumas (ex:baseball fans celebrating dodgers)
Selective attention - Answers Selective on where you're attention goes- honor our focus and
awareness (focus awareness on a small segment of information that is available thorough our sensory
systems)
Cocktail-party effect - Answers ability to attend to only one voice among many (while also being able
to detect your own name in an unattended voice) EX: at party someone calls your name
Inattentional blindness - Answers We don't see something by distraction
automatic processing - Answers Attending to information with little or no conscious effort or
awareness (EX: on the phone walking to class not tripping and arriving to class)
When we are asleep - Answers We are conscious, our brain is still active
5 theories why we sleep - Answers Recovery (sleep, work, hard), memories, creative thinking, growth,
protection (ex:animals)
Stages of sleep - Answers (N1, N2, N3; non-REM), REM rapid eye movement
Stage 1 - Answers Slight sleep (wake person)
Stage 2 - Answers Can't wake easier a person (memories are consolidated)
Stage 3 - Answers Deep sleep-groggy- growth hormone is released
Awake - Answers Delta and beta waves
Deep sleep - Answers Delta waves
Dreaming - Answers REM eye movement phase
Insomnia - Answers Trouble following asleep
Obstructive sleep_______ hyponea - Answers Apnea (concern impacts quality of sleep, don't hear
noise not breathing then hearing that jart)
PTSD nightmares - Answers Non-REM (N1, N2, N3; sleepwalking, typically N3, glazed eyes, doing
tasks- usually in children)
Sleep terrors: screaming, staring, less than 10 minutes- usually in children)
Nightmares - Answers Narcolepsy; neurological irrepressible need to sleep, cataplexy, sleep paralysis-
vulnerability for other disorders.
REM sleep behavior disorder; brainstem, acting out dreams- male 50+, neurodegenerative disease,
narcoplesy
Altered state of mind - Answers Non-substance methods (breathing, exercises, hyperventative
meditation)
Drugs and alcohol
Psychedelics
Stimulants - Answers Increase brain activity (caffeine, adderall, cocaine, ecstasy
(methylenedioxymethamphetamine) MDMA
Depressants - Answers Slows brain activity; muscles relax; feel calm (alcohol, benzodiazepines)
Hallucinogens - Answers Mimic hallucinations and delusions of MH; stimulate sensory neurons
(psychedelics, LSD, psilocybin, ayahuasca, ketamine, ecstasy)
Opioids - Answers Pain relief, euphoria( morphine, codeine, fentanyl, heroin)
Marijuana - Answers Fits all category
