PSYC 2301 EXAM 2 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
After becoming very angry with your sister and wishing that she were dead, you dream
about pushing her off a cliff. According to Freud, the latent content of your dream would
be ____________, while the manifest content would be _____________. - Answers -
wishing she were dead; pushing her off the cliff
Melatonin influences _______________. - Answers - Sleep
Sleeping represents what level of consciousness? - Answers - Low
_______________, the date rape drug, is colorless and tasteless and can easily be
given to someone without her or his knowledge. - Answers - Rohypnol
Freud believed that dreams allow us to access the _____________. - Answers -
unconscious
If a person experiences rapid breathing, muscle twitches, and perspiration when trying
to quit using illegal opiates, he or she has probably developed __________________. -
Answers - Withdrawal Symptoms
As you read this test, you will likely do best if you ________. - Answers - employ
controlled processing
A mental state other than an ordinary waking state, in which there are distinct changes
in perception, emotion, memory, thinking, and the like, is called altered
__________________. - Answers - states of consciousness
A drug that blocks the reuptake of dopamine, serotonin, and norephinephrine is
________________. - Answers - cocaine
According to the U.S. Public Health Service, this is the single most preventable cause of
death and disease in the United States. - Answers - Smoking
According to the activation-synthesis hypothesis of dreaming, what part of the brain is
being randomly stimulated? - Answers - Brain Stem
The BEST use of hypnosis is in ___________. - Answers - medical arenas that invoke
anxiety, fear, and misinformation
Heroine belongs to which category of drugs? - Answers - opiate
REM sleep occurs in ______________. - Answers - mammals with higher intelligence
including humans
, Research shows that this drug can impair lung functioning and immune response, and
interfere with proper reproductive functioning. - Answers - marijuana
Drugs that change conscious awareness or perception are called ___________. -
Answers - Psychoactive
What hormone increases in our bodies when we are sleep deprived? - Answers -
cortisol
If in midsentence, your friend suddenly slumps over on the couch and appears to have
entered the REM stage of sleep, which of the following is the BEST explanation for your
friend's behavior? - Answers - Your friend suffers from narcolepsy and should seek
medical attention.
Circadian rhythms are _____________. - Answers - biological changes that occur on a
24-hour cycle
Which of the following persons is clearly experiencing insomnia? - Answers - Consuela
persistently has difficulty falling or staying asleep.
Jet lag results from _________. - Answers - disruption of circadian rhythms
A skilled driver who is driving a car would be engaging in _____________processing. -
Answers - automatic
Marijuana belongs to the ____________category of drugs. - Answers - hallucinogen
Which of the following is the CORRECT sequence of sleep stages? - Answers -
presleep -- Stages 1-2-3-4-3-2 -- REM
Which of the following is NOT true of club drugs? - Answers - They increase reaction
time.
A Skinner box is the name for the __________. - Answers - apparatus used to study the
effects of reinforcement on animal behavior
A conditioned emotional response, such as Little Albert's fear, is an emotion that is
______________. - Answers - evoked by a previously neutral stimulus
John who can't stop drinking, goes to a hospital and they give him an emetic (a
medicine to make him vomit) after he gargles with alcohol. As a result of this treatment,
John will probably ____________. - Answers - vomit due to the emetic and then pair
vomiting with alcohol
After becoming very angry with your sister and wishing that she were dead, you dream
about pushing her off a cliff. According to Freud, the latent content of your dream would
be ____________, while the manifest content would be _____________. - Answers -
wishing she were dead; pushing her off the cliff
Melatonin influences _______________. - Answers - Sleep
Sleeping represents what level of consciousness? - Answers - Low
_______________, the date rape drug, is colorless and tasteless and can easily be
given to someone without her or his knowledge. - Answers - Rohypnol
Freud believed that dreams allow us to access the _____________. - Answers -
unconscious
If a person experiences rapid breathing, muscle twitches, and perspiration when trying
to quit using illegal opiates, he or she has probably developed __________________. -
Answers - Withdrawal Symptoms
As you read this test, you will likely do best if you ________. - Answers - employ
controlled processing
A mental state other than an ordinary waking state, in which there are distinct changes
in perception, emotion, memory, thinking, and the like, is called altered
__________________. - Answers - states of consciousness
A drug that blocks the reuptake of dopamine, serotonin, and norephinephrine is
________________. - Answers - cocaine
According to the U.S. Public Health Service, this is the single most preventable cause of
death and disease in the United States. - Answers - Smoking
According to the activation-synthesis hypothesis of dreaming, what part of the brain is
being randomly stimulated? - Answers - Brain Stem
The BEST use of hypnosis is in ___________. - Answers - medical arenas that invoke
anxiety, fear, and misinformation
Heroine belongs to which category of drugs? - Answers - opiate
REM sleep occurs in ______________. - Answers - mammals with higher intelligence
including humans
, Research shows that this drug can impair lung functioning and immune response, and
interfere with proper reproductive functioning. - Answers - marijuana
Drugs that change conscious awareness or perception are called ___________. -
Answers - Psychoactive
What hormone increases in our bodies when we are sleep deprived? - Answers -
cortisol
If in midsentence, your friend suddenly slumps over on the couch and appears to have
entered the REM stage of sleep, which of the following is the BEST explanation for your
friend's behavior? - Answers - Your friend suffers from narcolepsy and should seek
medical attention.
Circadian rhythms are _____________. - Answers - biological changes that occur on a
24-hour cycle
Which of the following persons is clearly experiencing insomnia? - Answers - Consuela
persistently has difficulty falling or staying asleep.
Jet lag results from _________. - Answers - disruption of circadian rhythms
A skilled driver who is driving a car would be engaging in _____________processing. -
Answers - automatic
Marijuana belongs to the ____________category of drugs. - Answers - hallucinogen
Which of the following is the CORRECT sequence of sleep stages? - Answers -
presleep -- Stages 1-2-3-4-3-2 -- REM
Which of the following is NOT true of club drugs? - Answers - They increase reaction
time.
A Skinner box is the name for the __________. - Answers - apparatus used to study the
effects of reinforcement on animal behavior
A conditioned emotional response, such as Little Albert's fear, is an emotion that is
______________. - Answers - evoked by a previously neutral stimulus
John who can't stop drinking, goes to a hospital and they give him an emetic (a
medicine to make him vomit) after he gargles with alcohol. As a result of this treatment,
John will probably ____________. - Answers - vomit due to the emetic and then pair
vomiting with alcohol
