Exam 4: States of Consciousness

There appear to be no withdrawal effects from the use of hallucinogens.

Most episodes of sleepwalking and sleeptalking occur during ________ sleep.

Marijuana is harmless.

In a study on how marijuana affects creativity, the people who took the marijuana performed no more creatively than those who took a placebo. Both groups performed more creatively than a group that received no drugs at all. What conclusions can best be drawn from these findings?

"Roofies," "Grievous Bodily Harm," and "Special K" are all examples of ________ Drugs.

Identify the various stages of sleep and describe the physiological changes that accompany each stage. Also, discuss the chronological sequencing and the timing of sleep stages throughout the night.

During a night's sleep, people ________.

According to the ________ model, alcoholism is not a moral issue, but a medical one.

Adam is taking part in an experiment on the effects of a new anti-allergy drug. He is asked to take injections every week for three months to see if the injections affect his allergies. He will not find out, nor will the doctors giving him the injections, whether or not he has received the real anti-allergy drug or a placebo until after the study is over. The type of study he is involved in is called a ________ study.

Explain what insomnia is, what causes it, and describe at least five methods for coping with it.

The trancelike state in which a subject responds readily to suggestions is ________.

Studies have found that a high percentage of drug users stopped using them after taking up meditation.

Most episodes of insomnia are ________ and stem from ________.

People whose biological parents abused alcohol are more likely to abuse alcohol, even if they are adopted and raised by people who do not abuse alcohol.

Any number of drugs, such as LSD and mescaline, that distort visual and auditory perception are ________.

Driving while sleepy is just as dangerous as driving while drunk.

A study in which participants were asked to perform perceptual and motor tasks after ingesting caffeine found that their performance on the tasks were ________ than without it.

At any given time, about ________ million Americans suffer from chronic, long-term sleep disorders.

George suffers from sleep apnea. He is likely to experience all of the following except ________.

Which of the following chemicals has been found to play a crucial role in our need for sleep?