Exam 4: States of Consciousness

"Crack" is the crystalline form of ________.

Most episodes of insomnia are ________ and stem from ________.

At the turn of the century, many physicians promoted ________ as a cure for morphine and alcohol addiction.

Amanda told her therapist that she had a dream about being in a shopping mall, and not being able to find the exit. The content of this dream, as related by Amanda to her therapist, is what Freud called its ________ content.

Few mammals, except for humans, sleep.

Todd has just quit smoking after being a smoker for five years. He is most likely to experience ________.

Sleep apnea affects ________ million Americans.

The use of psychoactive drugs is almost universal.

Marijuana is typically included as a(n) ________.

The hallmark of normal waking consciousness is ________.

In most dreams, events happen much faster than they do in real life.

In an experiment, some people receive an active drug while others receive a placebo. Neither the subjects nor the people administering the drug know which people got the drug and which got the placebo. This is an example of a(n) ________ procedure.

Every addictive substance causes dopamine levels in the brain to increase.

Summarize research on dreams, discussing the amount of time people spend dreaming, how dreams vary from person to person, and the proposed functions of dreams.

Caffeine will interfere with ________.

Drug use is the most common alteration of normal consciousness.

Some forms of meditation lead to a state of _________, which is "a full spectrum awareness of the present moment just as it is, accepting whatever is happening simply because it is already happening."

The most frequently used psychoactive drug in Western societies is alcohol.

The total economic cost of alcohol abuse in America is estimated to be about ________ annually.

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