Question 1

The ________ theory of dreaming proposes that dreams serve no special purpose.

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Question 2

The sleep disorder,______________ is characterized by chronic difficulty in falling asleep,staying asleep,or experiencing a restful sleep.

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Question 3

Because it produces sleep paralysis and yet keeps your body highly aroused,REM sleep is sometimes called ____________.

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Question 4

Psychologists associated with the _____________ perspective reject the notion of an unconscious mind driven by repressed conflicts,and argue instead that conscious and unconscious mental activities are complementary forms of information processing.

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Question 5

Biological cycles that influence hormonal secretion and body temperature are known as ____________________.

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Question 6

Most circadian rhythms are regulated by the _____________,which is located in the hypothalamus.

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Question 7

According to the ____________ model,sleep serves the primary function of recharging our run-down bodies and allowing us to recover from physical and mental fatigue.

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Question 8

The part of the brain stem,where the ______________ passes through the pons,plays an important role in initiating REM sleep.

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Question 9

As people get older,they spend less and less time in stage 3 and stage 4 sleep,which means that they get relatively little ________ sleep.

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Question 10

Young children (3- and 4-year olds)rarely report dreams when awoken during REM sleep.A psychologist,who explains this as being due to the fact that the imagery skills and cognitive abilities of these children are not yet sufficiently developed,would most likely adhere to the _______________ theory of dreaming.

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Question 11

According to Freud,the primary purpose of dreaming is _____________.

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Question 12

The sleep disorder in which the normal loss of muscle tone that occurs during REM dreams is absent is called ___________.

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Question 13

A drug that inhibits or decreases the action of a neurotransmitter is called a(n)___________.

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Question 14

People who complain of insomnia but sleep normally when examined in a sleep laboratory are sometimes referred to as __________.

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Question 15

___________ refers to the fact that people tend to drift into a longer "natural" daily cycle.

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Question 16

If a drug produces a change in functioning,the body will attempt to counter that change with _____________,which are reactions opposite to the effect of the drug.

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Question 17

The presence of sleep spindles indicates that someone is in ___________ sleep.

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Question 18

Our tendency to increase our amount of REM sleep,when we have been deprived of it,is called the ______________.

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Question 19

___________ processing refers to the voluntary use of attention and the application of conscious effort.

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Question 20

Many experts believe that the circadian rhythms of people suffering from _____________ are particularly sensitive to light.

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Quiz 6: States of Consciousness