Chapter 6: States of Consciousness

True or False?

Remember to try to go beyond just answering True or False – how would you justify your answer to a friend?

Questions

  1. Stimulants increase CNS activity?
  2. Sleep spindles appear during REM sleep.
  3. Freud believed that the primary function of dreams was wish fulfilment.
  4. Nicotine is an opioid.
  5. Sensory deprivation has been used as a form of torture.
  6. Everyone is susceptible to hypnosis.
  7. Mescaline and LSD have hallucinogenic effects.
  8. Delta waves predominate during wakefulness.
  9. Valium is a depressant.
  10. People awakened during REM sleep are likely to report that they were dreaming.

Answers

  1. true
  2. false
  3. true
  4. false
  5. true
  6. false
  7. true
  8. false
  9. true
  10. true

 

 

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