Unit 5: States of Consciousness

Question 1

A measure of the percentage of alcohol found in a person’s blood.

Answer 1

Blood Alcohol Content (BAC)

Question 2

The physiological sleep-wake cycle.

Answer 2

Circadian Rhythm

Question 3

Influenced by exposure to sunlight as well as daily schedule and activity.

Answer 3

Circadian Rhythm

Question 4

Biologically, it includes changes in body temperature, blood pressure and blood-sugar

Answer 4

Circadian Rhythm

Question 5

The awareness or deliberate perception of a stimulus

Answer 5

Consciousness

Question 6

A stimulus that has a particular significance to the perceiver (a sight or sound that has special relevance to the person who saw or heard it)

Answer 6

Cues

Question 7

A class of drugs that slow down the body’s physiological and mental processes

Answer 7

Depressants

Question 8

The heightened focus on one stimulus or thought such that many other things around you are ignored

Answer 8

Dissociation

Question 9

A disconnect between ones awareness of their environment and the one object the person is focusing on

Answer 9

Dissociation

Question 10

An intense feeling of pleasure, excitement or happiness

Answer 10

Euphoria

Question 11

The ability for people to correct or change their beliefs and evaluations if they believe these judgments have been biased

Answer 11

Flexible Correction Model

Question 12

Someone realizes they only thought their day was great because it was sunny, they may revise their evaluation of the day to account for “biasing” influence of the weather.

Answer 12

Flexible Correction model

Question 13

Substances that, when ingested, alter a person’s perceptions, often by creating hallucinations that are not real or distorting their perceptions of time

Answer 13

Hallucinogens

Question 14

The state of consciousness whereby a person is highly responsive to the suggestions of another

Answer 14

Hypnosis

Question 15

A state that usually involves a dissociation with one’s environment and an intense focus on a single stimulus

Answer 15

Hypnosis

Question 16

The use of hypnotic techniques such as relaxation and suggestion to help engineer desirable change such as lower pain or quitting smoking

Answer 16

Hypnotherapy

Question 17

A computer reaction time test that measures a person’s automatic associations with concepts.

Answer 17

Implicit Associations Test (IAT)

Question 18

Could be used to measure how quickly a person makes positive or negative evaluations of members of various ethnic groups

Answer 18

Implicit Associations Test (IAT)

Question 19

State of being fatigued and/or having difficulty adjusting to a new time zone after travelling a long distance (across multiple time zones)

Answer 19

Jet Lag

Question 20

A hormone associated with increased drowsiness and sleep

Answer 20

Melatonin

Question 21

A state of heightened focus on the thoughts passing through one’s head, as well as a more controlled evaluation of those thoughts

Answer 21

Mindfulness

Question 22

The activation of certain thoughts or feelings that make them easier to think of and act upon

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Priming

Question 23

A class of drugs that speed up the body’s physiological and mental processes

Answer 23

Stimulants

Question 24

A state of consciousness characterized by the experience of “out-of-body possession,”

Answer 24

Trance States

Question 25

An acute dissociation between one's self and the current, physical environments surrounding them

Answer 25

Trance States

Question 26

Daydreaming, Sleep and a coma are all types of what?

Answer 26

Low levels of awareness

Question 27

The effect in which recent experience of a stimulus facilitates processing of the same or a similar stimulus

Answer 27

Priming

Question 28

Mindfulness is what type of awareness?

Answer 28

High Level

Question 29

A recurring state of relaxation that is characterized by an altered state of consciousness, inhibited sensory activity and muscular inhibition

Answer 29

Sleep

Question 30

Produced by the pineal gland as a metabolic product of the neurotransmitter serotonin

Answer 30

Melatonin

Question 31

Regulated by suprachiasmatic nuclei (SCN) of the hypothalamus

Answer 31

Circadian Rhythm

Question 32

What are the 5 stages of sleep?

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Awake N1 N2 N3 REM

Question 33

Stage marking the onset of sleep, is coupled with a slowing of the heart rate and respiration

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N1/NREM Sleep Onset

Question 34

This stage of sleep has a decrease in muscular tension and core body temperature

Answer 34

N1/NREM Sleep Onset

Question 35

This stage of sleep has a low frequency/higher amplitude than when awake

Answer 35

N1/NREM Sleep Onset

Question 36

In this stage of sleep, the body goes into a state of deep relaxation

Answer 36

N2/NREM Light Sleep

Question 37

In this stage of sleep, the brain activity is: Theta waves (4-7 cps) and sleep spindles

Answer 37

N2/NREM Light Sleep

Question 38

In this stage of sleep, the brain activity is: Delta waves (0.5-4 cps) and low frequency/high amplitude waves. Has a significant drop in heart rate and respiration

Answer 38

N3/NREM Slow Wave

Question 39

This stage of sleep, brain activity is: Beta waves (15-30 cps) High frequency/low amplitude brainwave. High levels of brain activity and inhibition of motor output

Answer 39

Rapid-Eye Movement/REM sleep

Question 40

The feeling of inadequate or poor sleep due to: Trouble falling asleep Trouble remaining asleep Awakening too early Non-restorative sleep

Answer 40

Insomnia

Question 41

A disorder consisting of excessive daytime sleepiness accompanied by brief "attacks" of sleep during waking hours

Answer 41

Narcolepsy

Question 42

Sleep disorder characterized by persistent incidents of complex motor activity during slow wave sleep NREM sleep.

Answer 42

Somnambulism

Question 43

A sleep disorder that has episodes typically occurring during the first hours of sleep and involve getting out of bed and walking

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Somnambulism

Question 44

A sleep disorder characterized by the absence of the normal paralysis of the arms and legs which leads to a person acting out his/her dream

Answer 44

REM Sleep Behavior Disorder

Question 45

Side of this depressant include Impaired co-ordination, poor judgment, lowered impulse control, reduced self awareness and outcome prediction

Answer 45

Alcohol

Question 46

Side effects of this sedative/tranquilizer include impaired co-ordination and mental functioning, drowsiness and lethargy

Answer 46

Barbiturates

Question 47

A group of narcotics derived from the opium poppy that provide a euphoric rush and depress activity in the brain

Answer 47

Opiates

Question 48

Methamphetamine Amphetamine Cocaine are all examples of....

Answer 48

Stimulants

Question 49

Agonists for Dopamine, Serotonin and Noradrenaline

Answer 49

Stimulants

Question 50

Increase energy, alertness and activity

Answer 50

Stimulants

Question 51

Marijuana and MDMA/Ecstasy are examples of....

Answer 51

Hallucinogens

Question 52

Lysergic Acid Diethylamide (LSD) is a....

Answer 52

Hallucinogen