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Irresistible attacks of sleepiness that can occur without warning are symptoms of a sleep disorder called:
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narolepsy
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You are a psychology professor reviewing the outline of a student’s paper on the mechanisms of falling asleep. As you read the outline, you notice that one of the steps is incorrect. Which one is it?
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go to sleep when body temperature rises
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The term ____ refers to mental and emotional processes of which we are unaware but that influence our conscious thoughts and behaviors.
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implicit (or nondeclarative) memory
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Evening people tend to be conscientious introverts.
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FALSE
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Meditation, hypnosis, or drug use usually produces which type of consciousness?
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altered states
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Why are evening people less vulnerable to fatigue?
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they have mire activity in their suprachiasmatic nucleus
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"Controlled process is to automatic process as ____ is to ____.
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full awareness; little awareness
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If George’s hypothalamus is damaged and he shows severe disruption in his circadian rhythms, what specific part of his hypothalamus is malfunctioning?
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ventrolateral peroptic nucleus
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REM sleep is called paradoxical sleep because:
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although asleep. The brain waves are virtually identical to those recorded while awake
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Which of the following did Charles Czeisler find could reset the circadian rhythm of a night worker?
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exposure to bright light
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A mother tells her son that if he doesn’t sleep he won’t grow. The mother is:
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partly correct in that growth hormones are released during non-rem sleep
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Dreams from non-REM tend to be:
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dull and contain repetitive thoughts
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Professor Johnson views the unconscious as an active psychological process that protects us from threatening thoughts and desires. Her views are mostconsistent with:
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freud
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The use of a handheld cell phone while driving has been banned by law in ____ states, as well as in the District of Columbia.
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9
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Sleep apnea refers to:
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a condition whereby a person stops breathing while asleep for 10 or more seconds
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The food-entrainable circadian clock may be responsible for late-night eating in obese people.
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TRUE
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"What is the literal meaning of circadian?
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about a day
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Thomas nudges Nancy, who is on the couch sleeping. Nancy says, “I feel as if I wasn’t even sleeping.” Nancy, most likely, woke from ____.
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stage 1
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Jason, a 10-year-old, is having a nightmare. In which stage of sleep does Jason most likely experience these episodes?
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REM
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What did the discovery of rapid eye movement and its association with dreaming give researchers?
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a reliable method to identify and study dreaming in the laboratory
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