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| According to the textbook, hypnosis is a: |
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| The textbook describes the consequences of sleeplessness that can be gravely serious after how many days? |
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| The dissociation theory of hypnosis was proposed by ____ |
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| The pineal gland secretes _____, a hormone that helps keep the biological clock in phase with light-dark cycle. |
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| How many hours are there in a typical carcadian rhythm? |
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| Someone is seeing a counselor for help in coping with life's difficulties and the therapist is very interested in hearing the progress of the client's dreams over course of the treatment. Which theoretical approach to explaining dreams is probably the foundation of this therapy? |
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| Cartwright's problem-focused |
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| In the tragic case of a man who lost the ability to sleep, what brain structure was found to have suffered damage? |
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| The two hormones that appear to be the most influential in the menstrual cycle are: |
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| estrogen and progesterone |
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| Which dream theory reports that dreams of the result are neurons firing spontaneously in the lower part of the brain? |
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| Hobson's activation synthesis |
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| Which two dream explanation theories have the most in common? |
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| Problem focused and mental housekeeping |
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| Stimulants exert their influence on the brain by doing what? |
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| They speed up activity in the central nervous system. |
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| At the neuron level, how do psychoactive drugs work? |
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| They alter the normal processes of synaptic transmission. |
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| When Howard decides to participate in a graduate study student research project for intro to psych class credit, he is asked to spend two months in an isolation room with no contact to the outside world. What kind of research is this likely to be? |
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| Endogenous a rhythm study |
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| Freud called the components we are consciously aware of (in our unconscious sleep) the _______ content of our dream. |
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| Another name for a common form of internal desynchronization is: |
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| ____________________ is a disorder in which a person briefly stops breathing many times during a night's sleep. |
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| It could be said that moderate use of substances in this category are the most associated with various health benefits. |
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| On the basis of controlled laboratory and clinical research studies, which of the following correctly describes hypnosis? |
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| Hypnotic suggestion has been used effectively for medical and psychological purposes. |
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| Research has shown that one's response to drugs it depends upon one's: |
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| Mental set, experience with the drug, physical condition, and environment. |
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| While many functions of sleep are not fully understood, we do know that when we do not get enough sleep our: |
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| Immune system function declines |
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| Viewed from the sociocognitive approach, when Dr. Marvo hypnotizes someone, who is probably in control of the subject's consciousness? |
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| From which gland is melatonin secreated? |
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| According to the text, what is the primary nervous system stimulus that informs the biological clock? |
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| According to a recent survey of the prevalence of seasonal affective disorder, about what percent of the U.S. population will ever suffer from SAD? |
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| Freud called the unconscious wishes and thoughts expressed symbolically in our dreams the _______ content. |
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| Research indicating that brain activity during REM in the same location as was involved in task learning supports which view of dream explanation? |
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| Evans' mental housekeeping |
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