Exam 6: Varieties of Consciousness

The term narcotic generally refers to these drugs.

Zen meditation involves the use of open meditation practices in which

This parasomnia occurs during NREM sleep, but is often characterized by screaming, increased heart rate, and sweating.

Despite the cultural changes throughout the 20th century, young adults tend to dream about various forms of this more than anything else.

Researchers who engage in consciousness studies often define consciousness as

Stage 2 sleep lasts only about 10 to 20 minutes and is characterized by these sudden short bursts of higher voltage brain activity.

When a person is in deep sleep, the corresponding brain waves are slow and wide, which means that they are

In a(n) _____________ there is a sense of being one's "real self" in the dream with a consciousness similar to that of waking consciousness.

The main difference between sleep thinking and other sorts of dreaming is that sleep thinking is

Research suggests that ____________ is less addictive than smoking, with true addiction occurring only at very high doses taken over prolonged periods.

Sleep deprivation causes all of the following symptoms, EXCEPT:

All of the following statements about adolescents and smoking are true, EXCEPT:

During Stage 4 sleep you may be vaguely aware of your environment, and some of you may experience hypnogogia.

Researchers use this term as a way to describe all mental activity that occurs during sleep.

Heroin is an example of the way in which beliefs about drugs change as society changes because

In larger-than-normal doses this stimulant can produce restlessness, nervousness, insomnia, gastric and heart disturbances.

As you read a book you perceive the words, the feeling of the book in your hands, and other aspects of your environment as a whole because of this aspect of consciousness.

Responses to this depressant drug are varied, and might include tranquility, joviality, sociability, aggression and violence, sexual excess, anger, melancholy, self-pity, tenderness, cheerfulness, relaxation, drowsiness, silliness.

More users who try this stimulant ultimately become dependent upon it than any other drug, including heroin and cocaine.

The percentage of Americans "at risk" for the major sleep disorders is about