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Chapter 4 study guide TEST 6/16/11

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show b) pineal gland  
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Where is the suprachiasmatic nucleus located?   show
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show b) the suprachiasmatic nucleus causes the pinaela gland to decrease the production of melatonin  
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Exposure to sunlight and other bright lights:   show
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show b) brain waves  
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show bb rapid eye movements  
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show b) beta  
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show a) alpha  
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Carlotta is a research assistant in the college sleep lab. As she minotored the EEG recording of a sleeping subject in the lab, she noted the precence of theat brain waves, sleep spindles, and K complexes. The subject is experiencing   show
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The presnse of sleep sindles and K complexes are defining characteristics of:   show
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Lying in bed. your mind drifts and you becom eincreasingly drowsy. During this short, transitional stage of sleep you disengage from the routine sounds in your environment. This sleep stage is called:   show
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You've been lying awake next to your bed partner for about five minutes. As you hear the other person's breathing become rhthmical, you notice occasional slight twitches in your partners hand and leg. Most likely, your bed parnter is in:   show
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during stage 4 NREM,   show
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In combonation, stage 3 NREM and stage 4 NREM:   show
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As you are being monitored by sleep researches, almost all of your brain activity comprises delta brain waves. This is a clear sighn that you are in:   show
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show c) stage 4 NREM sleep  
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A late night phone call of which you have no memory most likely occured during   show
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show REM; physiological arousal, brain activity, and rapid movement of the eyes.  
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show c) 90 minutes  
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show c) 5 cycles  
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Sleep paralysis:   show
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The cycles of NREM sleep and REM sleep begin   show
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show a) people often react with greater emotionality when they're not getting adequate sleep.  
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A couple of times during the night, you awaken slightly. Each tim eyou awaken, you're aware of vauge mental images that reflect a conversation you and your boss had about resolving a problem at work. These ruminations about real events are:   show
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show a) sleep-thinking  
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show b) a dream  
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Which of the following statements is TRUE regarding dreams?   show
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During REM sleep, a dreamer tends to uncritically accept the seemingly illogical and ocassionaly bizarre details of his or her dreams. In terms of brian functioning, what seems to account for this?   show
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show a) early morning dreams, which can last 40 minutes or longer  
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Most dreams:   show
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