Ch 4 Consciousness & Sleep

This is a person's awareness of everything that is going on at any given moment.

• consciousness

• explictness

• implicit consciousness

• waking explicit processing

True/False: Sleeping is an altered state of consciousness.

• True

• False

True/False: Achieving a meditative state is an altered state of consciousness.

• True

• False

True/False: Walking is an example of implicit processing.

• True

• False

This is processing that is effortful.

• Explicit processing

• Implicit processing

True/False: Circadian rhythms are 48 hours.

• True

• False

The sleep-wake cycle is ultimately controlled by the brain's cerebellum.

• True

• False

When our mental activity undergoes a shift in quality or pattern, this is called a(n)

• hallucination

• circadian rhythm

• waking consciousness

• altered state of consciousness

Which theory of sleep offers an explaination of why humans sleep during the nighttime?

• reactive theory

• microsleep theory

• REM theory

• adaptive theory

Which of the following is NOT a characteristic of REM sleep?

• paralysis of voluntary muscles

• increased heart rate

• slower, deeper breathing

• vivid, detailed dreaming