Exam 5: Body Rhythms and Mental States

When Larry was a teenager, he began experiencing periods when he had a lot of trouble staying awake during the day, even though he was getting enough sleep each night. He also would experience sudden "attacks" where he would collapse to the floor in the middle of an activity. Larry suffers from:

Which of the following is true of opiates?

Most psychoactive drugs produce their effects primarily by acting on:

Sleep apnea has been associated with a shortened life expectancy.

Dennis just started working at a factory where he will be expected to work varying shifts. What recommendation should you make to him about shift choices?

Which of the following is true of psychedelic drugs?

A circadian rhythm is a biological fluctuation that occurs more than once a day.

Which of the following is true about marijuana?

Ernie's muscles are not paralyzed when he is dreaming. As a result, he literally acts out his dreams, sometimes injuring himself in the process. Ernie appears to suffer from:

_______________ is a sleep disorder involving sudden and unpredictable daytime sleepiness or attacks of the paralysis commonly associated with REM sleep.

Seasonal affective disorder, SAD, is a disorder in which a person experiences depression during the winter and an improvement of mood in the spring.

Does hypnosis produce a literal reexperiencing of long-ago events? Explain your answer.

The common effects of amphetamines are:

Only REM sleep has been associated with dreaming and memory consolidation.

Sigmund Freud believed that not everything in a dream is symbolic.

Which of the following statements is true of marijuana?

According to the activation-synthesis theory of dreaming, the source of a dream is neuronal firing in the:

Which of the following is true of opiates?

Many kinds of memory are improved with sleep.

Your cousin Brenda says she is suffering several symptoms and claims they are due to premenstrual syndrome (PMS). Which of the following symptoms that she cites is the most questionably linked to the menstrual cycle?