OL_PSYC_1111_SW_ (actual questions with correct answers) Thompson Rivers
University
,Question 1
1 out of 1 points
When adrenal hormones are released in the body, they are activated by the:
Selected Answer: a. Sympathetic nervous system
Answers: a. Sympathetic nervous system
b. Parasympathetic nervous system
c. Somatic nervous system
d. Central nervous system
Question 2
0 out of 1 points
The receives, processes, interprets, and stores incoming sensory information and also
sends out messages destined for muscles, glands, and internal organs.
Selected Answer: d. peripheral nervous system
Answers: a. somatic nervous system
b. central nervous system
c. autonomic nervous system
d. peripheral nervous system
Question 3
1 out of 1 points
Periods of REM sleep alternate with periods of nonREM sleep in a cycle that recurs about every
minutes or so.
Selected Answer: d. 90
Answers: a. 150
b. 30
c. 210
d. 90
Question 4
1 out of 1 points
Match each sleep stage with the appropriate brain wave.
Correct
Question Selected Match
Match
The four stages of nonREM sleep, each one deeper than the tone
previous stage drea
Sleep
characterized
Short bursts of rapid, highpeaking brain waves that occur in stage by
2 movements,
loss
, e. slowwave sleep
e.
c. sleep spindles slowwave
sleep
a.
REM sleep c.
sleep
spindles
a.
REM sleep