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PSY101: Chapter 2 assignment

Reem AlBader
Student Name: ………………………………….. 211232
Student ID Number: …………………………..

1. Altered states of consciousness are NOT achieved through _____.

a) going to sleep

b) drinking alcohol

c) taking psychoactive drugs

d) concentration

2) Which statement regarding sleep is true?

a) Not all people dream when they are sleeping.

b) Psychologists have concluded that dreaming is just a random effect of sleep.

c) Sleep helps your body and moods function normally.

d) Sleep has no effect on human growth and restoration.

3) How are meditation and hypnosis similar?

a) They provide the best results for strong-willed people.

b) They both occur in a state of unconsciousness.

c) They both require a professional guide.

d) They both can lead to an altered state of consciousness.

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4) In which of the following situations is consciousness NOT involved?

a) Dreaming

b) Determining reality TV actors' behavior

c) Carrying out cultural traditions

d) Talking to your friends and family

5) Which of the following is an example of deliberate conscious behavior?

a) feeling guilty about not calling your mother

b) forgetting to call your mother

c) calling your mother

d) anticipating a call from your mother

6) Rapid eye movement (REM) sleep occurs when we are _____.

a) between dreams

b) dreaming

c) just waking up

d) not dreaming

7) What is the difference between the third and fourth stages of sleep?

a) Your body temperature drops in the fourth stage of sleep.

b) There is an increased amount of delta waves in the fourth stage of sleep.

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c) Theta waves increase in both stages of sleep.

d) There are no differences between the third and fourth stages of sleep.

e) Delta waves are only produced during the third stage of sleep.

8) Self-awareness refers to the _____.

a) feelings of connectedness to our friends and family

b) understanding of our thoughts and emotions

c) feelings of connectedness to all of humanity

d) knowledge of our separateness from other people

9) As you fall asleep, an electroencephalogram would show your brain waves changing from

a) slow alpha waves to faster beta waves to even faster theta waves

b) rapid theta waves to slower alpha waves to even slower beta waves

c) slow theta waves to faster alpha waves to even faster beta waves

d) rapid beta waves to slower alpha waves to even slower theta waves

e) rapid alpha waves to slower beta waves to even slower theta waves

10) The idea of consciousness suggests that we _____.

a) act without reflecting on our actions.

b) live primarily by instinct.

c) make choices and consider our actions.

d) live solely by instinct.

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11) How can hypnotherapy be used as an anesthetic in order to treat someone with an
addiction?

a) Hypnotherapy can eliminate the patient's feeling of pain.

b) Hypnotherapy can be used to convince the patient he or she doesn't feel pain.

c) Hypnotherapy can be used to create an association between pain and addictive


behavior.

d) Hypnotherapy can be used to raise the body's pain threshold.

12) How is REM sleep identified?

a) Your closed eyes move back and forth as you toss and turn during sleep.

b) Your closed eyes move back and forth and you dream. Your breathing and heart rate
increase.

c) You are restless and only able to sleep for short periods of time.

d) Your heart rate and breathing slow. Your body temperature drops.

e) Your blood pressure will increase and your body temperature will decrease.

13) Your circadian rhythm is a cycle that lasts

a) 12 hours

b) 20 minutes

c) 6 hours

d) as long as you sleep

e) 24 hours

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14) Which of these is true about Freud's theory of dreams?

a) Actual dream content is called manifest content and repressed desires are the latent
content.

b) Actual dream content is called latent content and repressed desires are the manifest
content.

c) Repressed emotions are called latent content and repressed desires are the manifest
content.

d) Repressed emotions are called manifest content and repressed desires are the latent
content.

15) How are nightmares beneficial to us?

a) They reveal our inner traumas.

b) They can be entertaining, like watching ahorror movie.

c) They can improve memory and learning.

d) They can help us deal with difficult things in a safe place.

16) Short bursts of brain activity while you're asleep are called

a) beta waves

b) rapid eye movement

c) delta waves

d) sleep spindles

e) theta waves

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17) The activation-synthesis theory is the idea that dreams result from brain activity during
_____.

a) brain synthesis

b) nightmares

c) internal activities

d) REM sleep

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