Exam 4: States of Consciousness

Amphetamines tend to enhance the appetite.

Hospital residents working heavy schedules perform similarly on cognitive tasks to people with ________.

Night terrors usually occur in ________ sleep.

Alcohol is implicated in two-thirds of each of the following except ________.

People who are meditating are most likely to experience an increase in ________ brain waves.

Yvonne suffers from narcolepsy. Which of the following symptoms is she likely to have?

Discuss the uses of hypnosis. Also, describe the difficulties researchers have encountered in attempting to study the hypnotic state. Finally, how do people differ in their susceptibility and reactions to hypnosis?

The hormone epinephrine reaches peak levels in the bloodstream in the ________.

America's number one drug problem is ________.

Alcohol is a stimulant.

Unpleasant physical or psychological effects that follow the discontinuance of a dependence-producing substance are ________.

Discuss the research findings in regard to sleep deprivation. How prevalent is it? What are the symptoms of it? Finally, what are the effects of long-term deprivation?

For women, "binge drinking" is defined as ________ or more drinks in a row.

The irregular, low-voltage brain waves produced during relaxed wakefulness or the twilight stage between waking and sleeping are called ________ waves.

________ meaning to dreams.

The phenomenon of "temporal disintegration" is most closely associated with the use of which of the following drugs?

Mescaline, peyote, and psilocybin are all ________.

Research indicates that ________ subjects spend more time in REM sleep after learning difficult material.

The naturally occurring chemical ________ appears to trigger sleepiness.

Define "binge drinking." Describe its prevalence and the types of problems associated with it.