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141) Dwayne and his nine-year-old son are sitting at the breakfast table and talking about various things. The son mentions a dream he had about school. Dwayne mentions a bizarre dream he had the previous night. These differences in the content of dreams is best explained by a. neurocognitive theory. b. dream protection theory. c. sleep dissociation theory. d. activation-synthesis theory. 142) Which parts of the brain become more active during REM sleep? a. Forebrain b. Pons and amygdala c. Prefrontal cortex d. The temporal lobe 143) Which of the following statements is NOT true according to the neurocognitive perspective on dreaming? a. Dreams can be accounted for my neurotransmitter shifts and random neural impulses. b. Children are unlikely to have complex or negative dreams due to developmental factors. c. Complex dreams are cognitive achievements that parallel development and advanced cognitive abilities. d. Dreams are often concerned with emotional concerns and everyday preoccupations. 144) Individuals that endorse a neurocognitive view of dreaming would argue that __________________ demonstrate that dreams are more than just random neural impulses. a. lucid dreams b. nightmares c. recurrent dreams d. sleepwalking 145) Why do we dream? Some evidence points to the importance of dreaming in a. the integration and reorganization of memory. b. protecting sleep from harmful instincts such as aggression. c. achieving wish fulfillment. d. transmitting information from the brain stem to the thalamus and forebrain. 146) Getting an adequate amount of sleep, which also means that one is likely to dream, may be important in the process of a. avoiding accidents during the day. b. physical growth and development. c. integrating and organizing information within memory. d. strengthening one’s reasoning abilities and strategies. 147) Kerri has experienced sensations where she sees bugs crawling on her skin although there is nothing there. Her doctor decides to give her a brain scan, and notices that her _________________ is just as active when she is having hallucinations as when she experiences this in reality. a. temporal lobe b. somatosensory cortex c. parietal lobe d. visual cortex 148) Carla reported observing herself help a pedestrian who had been hit by a taxicab driver from on top of a building awning 5 metres off the ground. This is an example of what altered state of consciousness? a. Out-of-body experience b. Near-death experience c. Dissociation d. Hypnosis 149) One key criticism of claims of near-death experiences is that there are often multiple explanations for the phenomena. This is an example of what key principle in critical thinking? a. Ruling out rival hypotheses b. Extraordinary claims require extraordinary evidence c. Parsimony d. Falsifiability 150) Not everyone claims to have had an out-of-body experience. What is one important factor that is associated with a self-reported out-of-body experience? a. A glitch in neural transmission within the brain b. Neurological damage within one month prior to the first out-of-body experience c. The release of endorphins within the brain d. Loss of body awareness