PSY 2012 QUIZ 3 (ALREADY) PASSED!! QUESTIONS AND
CORRECT ANSWERS
Consiousness - ANS.....- a person's subjective experience of the world and the
mind
Hallucinations - ANS.....- false sensory experiences, such as seeing something in
the absence of an external visual stimulus
Out of body experience - ANS.....- the sense that our consciousness has left our
body
Mystical experience - ANS.....- feelings of unity or oneness with the world, often
with strong spiritual overtones
Hypnosis - ANS.....- state of consciousness in which the person is especially
susceptible to suggestion
Sociocognitive theory of hypnosis - ANS.....- hypnotized people are not in an
altered state, but they behave in a way that is expected in that situation
Dissociation theory of hypnosis - ANS.....- Hypnotized people are in an altered
state where their awareness is separated from other aspects of consciousness.
Circadian rhythm - ANS.....- regulated sleep and wake cycle, regulates body temp
and blood pressure.
,Biological clock - ANS.....- term for the area of the hypothalamus that's
responsible for controlling our levels of alertness
Stage 1 sleep - ANS.....- 5-10 min, theta waves, very light sleep
Hypnagogic imagery - ANS.....- scrambled, bizarre, and dreamlike images that flit
in and out of consciousness
Myoclonic jerk - ANS.....- involuntary muscle spams of the whole body that jolts a
person completely awake.
Stage 2 sleep - ANS.....- 10-30 min, slow brain waves, sleep spindles and k
complexes, slow heart rate
this is 65% of sleep
Stage 3 and 4 sleep - ANS.....- slow wave sleep, delta waves
Stage 5: REM sleep - ANS.....- Increased rate of brain waves, breathing is rapid and
irregular
activated by acetylcholine
Critical biological functions
Freud's Dream Protection Theory - ANS.....- Dreams transform our sexual and
aggressive instincts into symbols that represent wish fulfillment
, Activation-synthesis theory - ANS.....- a theory of dreaming; this theory proposes
that the brain tries to make sense of random brain activity that occurs during
sleep by synthesizing the activity with stored memories
Dream continuity hypothesis - ANS.....- Holds that dreams mirror our life
circumstances
Substance use disorder - ANS.....- recurrent significant impairment or distress
associated with one or more drugs
Tolerance - ANS.....- the diminishing effect with regular use of the same dose of a
drug, requiring the user to take larger and larger doses before experiencing the
drug's effect
Physical dependence - ANS.....- A type of addiction in which the body itself feels a
direct need for a drug, continues using to avoid withdrawal
Psychological dependence - ANS.....- a condition in which a person believes that a
drug is needed in order to feel good or to function normally
Tension reduction hypothesis - ANS.....- an explanation of drinking behavior that
proposes that alcohol is reinforcing because it reduces stress and tension
Depressants - ANS.....- drugs (such as alcohol, barbiturates, and opiates) that
suppress CNS and slow body functions
CORRECT ANSWERS
Consiousness - ANS.....- a person's subjective experience of the world and the
mind
Hallucinations - ANS.....- false sensory experiences, such as seeing something in
the absence of an external visual stimulus
Out of body experience - ANS.....- the sense that our consciousness has left our
body
Mystical experience - ANS.....- feelings of unity or oneness with the world, often
with strong spiritual overtones
Hypnosis - ANS.....- state of consciousness in which the person is especially
susceptible to suggestion
Sociocognitive theory of hypnosis - ANS.....- hypnotized people are not in an
altered state, but they behave in a way that is expected in that situation
Dissociation theory of hypnosis - ANS.....- Hypnotized people are in an altered
state where their awareness is separated from other aspects of consciousness.
Circadian rhythm - ANS.....- regulated sleep and wake cycle, regulates body temp
and blood pressure.
,Biological clock - ANS.....- term for the area of the hypothalamus that's
responsible for controlling our levels of alertness
Stage 1 sleep - ANS.....- 5-10 min, theta waves, very light sleep
Hypnagogic imagery - ANS.....- scrambled, bizarre, and dreamlike images that flit
in and out of consciousness
Myoclonic jerk - ANS.....- involuntary muscle spams of the whole body that jolts a
person completely awake.
Stage 2 sleep - ANS.....- 10-30 min, slow brain waves, sleep spindles and k
complexes, slow heart rate
this is 65% of sleep
Stage 3 and 4 sleep - ANS.....- slow wave sleep, delta waves
Stage 5: REM sleep - ANS.....- Increased rate of brain waves, breathing is rapid and
irregular
activated by acetylcholine
Critical biological functions
Freud's Dream Protection Theory - ANS.....- Dreams transform our sexual and
aggressive instincts into symbols that represent wish fulfillment
, Activation-synthesis theory - ANS.....- a theory of dreaming; this theory proposes
that the brain tries to make sense of random brain activity that occurs during
sleep by synthesizing the activity with stored memories
Dream continuity hypothesis - ANS.....- Holds that dreams mirror our life
circumstances
Substance use disorder - ANS.....- recurrent significant impairment or distress
associated with one or more drugs
Tolerance - ANS.....- the diminishing effect with regular use of the same dose of a
drug, requiring the user to take larger and larger doses before experiencing the
drug's effect
Physical dependence - ANS.....- A type of addiction in which the body itself feels a
direct need for a drug, continues using to avoid withdrawal
Psychological dependence - ANS.....- a condition in which a person believes that a
drug is needed in order to feel good or to function normally
Tension reduction hypothesis - ANS.....- an explanation of drinking behavior that
proposes that alcohol is reinforcing because it reduces stress and tension
Depressants - ANS.....- drugs (such as alcohol, barbiturates, and opiates) that
suppress CNS and slow body functions
