Exam 4: States of Consciousness

College students who binge drink have ________ problems and ________ serious problems than other students.

In comparison to the first half of the night, during the second half of a typical night's sleep ________.

A night-school student who falls asleep in class sleeps for about 25 minutes before his professor notices and tries to awaken him. At this point, he is in such a deep sleep that it is almost impossible to awaken him. A brain scan would show his brain producing delta waves. He is probably in ________ sleep.

The first centers of the brain to be affected by alcohol are the ________.

Nicotine is a stimulant.

Harold is suffering from insomnia. Which of the following is something he probably should not do?

According to Freud, the surface, or directly observable, content of a dream is its ________ content.

We spend about one-________ of our lives sleeping.

Currently in the United States there are about ________ million individuals who are addicted to alcohol.

Various methods of concentration, reflection, or focusing of thoughts that reduce activity of the sympathetic nervous system are ________.

Explain what circadian rhythms are and what the "biological clock" is. Describe how circadian rhythms affect our functioning and explain how disruptions in these rhythms can negatively affect people.

Each of the following is true of alcohol except ________.

________ people have sought ways to alter waking consciousness.

Describe the physical and psychological effects of nicotine and the problems associated with its use.

Amphetamines are ________.

Researchers have found that every addictive drug causes ________ levels in the brain to increase.

Amphetamines are chemically similar to ________.

________ are used today for treating insomnia.

Greg's job at an automobile assembly plant requires him to work a rotating shift. The constantly shifting work schedule is most likely to cause him to ________.

The most addictive and dangerous stimulant in use today is ________.