Quiz 6 The aware mind
The Aware Mind Quiz
Test your knowledge about consciousness, sleep, and psychological phenomena with our engaging quiz! This quiz consists of 23 carefully crafted questions that delve into various aspects of the human mind and behaviors.
Topics covered include:
- Self-awareness
- Sleep stages and disorders
- Effects of substances
- Circadian rhythms
- Psychological impacts of sleep
Your son has a hat on his head. As he goes by a mirror he tries to grab the hat in the mirror. What aspect of consciousness has your son not yet develped?
Self-awareness
Content of awareness
State of awareness
You are studying for your exam and your husband or wife is asleep in the next room. Suddenly your fridge makes a bad noise. You are very aware of that noise but your husband/wife is not. What stucture of the brain is responsible for this difference?Why are you aware of the noise but your husband/wife is not conscious of it?
Reticular formation
Pons
The RF is responsible for different levels of consciousness.(Reticular formation)
Cierto
False
What type of person, and under what type of circumstance, would have the most likelyhood of circadian rhythm disruption?
Older person Jet lag
Older person Graveyard shifts
Older age working on submarine
Is daydreaming a waste of time? Or does it serve some purpose?
It has a purpose, people often think about their past experiences and plan for our future.
No
In what stage of sleep does a person generally dream? What does it stand for?
REM(Rapid eye movement)
N-REM (Non-rapid eye movement)
What happens to most folks physiologically during REM?
paralysis of postural muscles
Rapid or irregular heart rate and breathing as well.
Erections, increased blood flow to vicinity of vagina
Slow heart rate and breathing
Which psychological disorder is correlated with individuals spending a greater portion of their sleeping time in REM?
More REM tends to be correlated with more depression
More NREM tends to be correlated with more depression
What is a night terror?
Sudden awakening during NREM
They awaken with great distress but w/o experiencing imagery or nightmare
What is sleep apnea?
A sleep disorder in which the person stops breathing while asleep.
Occur in obese people or people who snore
What is required for brain death?
No repsonse to reflexes
No response to pain
No response to stimuli
No circulation
What is measured in what timeframe? For Brain death
EEG's 24 hours apart
EEG's 14 hours apart
What might a person experience if they quit coffee "cold turkey"?
Withdrawal
Headaches and fatigue
Tolerance
What recreational drug might cause a person to grind his/her teeth repeatedly?
Meth
Cocaine
Marijuana
You are doing a study on the drug Ecstasy using animals. What are some of the side effects the drug will have on the animal?
Dehydration, hypothermia, convulsions
Increases blood pressure and serotonin levels
Death
Lower high rate
You have recently been given a prescription for a mild opiate medication by your physician. Why??
Cough suppression
Muscle relaxation
Pain relief
A mild opiate can really help in a persistent and nagging cough.
Morphine, heroin, and codeine imitate the action of what in your body?rndogen
Endorphins
Endogenous morphine
Epinephrine
Non-Epinephrine
Cocaine and amphetamine both boost the activity of what in your body?
Dopamine
Seratonin
What has happened when a person has to consume more of a drug in order to get the same effect?
Tolerance
Withdrawal
Describe for me signs of a persistent vegetative state
It follows a period of coma. Waking without consciousness
Open eyes, grind teeth, smile
If someone falls asleep easily every night but then frequently wakes up and can't go back to sleep, what is he/she suffering from?
Narcolepsy
Insomnia
Maintenance Insomnia
Why do infants spend half of their sleep time in REM?
Immature brain
To develop a more "mature" brain
Stimulation to wire the immature brain
What is correlated with a shift in circadian rhythm during adolescence, leading to peak alertness at night?
It correlates with a burst of brain development
You act as an owl as an adolescence and young adulthood
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