Exam 5: Consciousness

Singh finds that he has to drink several more beers to get the same buzz he used to get with one or two. It is likely that Singh has developed _____.

A drug that blocks the action of the neurotransmitter is called _____.

The sleep stage marked by irregular breathing, eye movements, high-frequency brain waves, and dreaming is called _____ sleep.

Which of the following are "club drugs"?

How many stages of distinct sleep stages do we typically experience during a normal night's sleep?

According to the U.S. Public Health Service, this is the single most preventable cause of death and disease in the United States.

REM sleep is also called _____ because the brain is aroused and active while the person remains nonresponsive and asleep.

Opiates are used to achieve _____.

Hallucinogens _____.

Mental activities that require minimal attention are called _____ processes.

You are generally less productive and more accident-prone than other workers. It is MOST likely that you _____.

Drug abuse requires that the drug user _____.

Just before sleep, brain waves move from _____ waves, indicating normal wakefulness, to _____ waves associated with drowsy relaxation.

The condition that compels someone to use a specific drug or engage in a certain activity is called ______.

Research shows that this drug can impair memory, impair lung functioning and immune response, interfere with proper reproductive functioning, and adversely affect the brain.

Which of the following is TRUE regarding a typical night's sleep cycles?

Which of the following persons is clearly experiencing insomnia?

State three common myths regarding hypnosis, and why each one is a myth. Briefly describe three therapeutic uses of hypnosis.

Drug-taking that causes emotional or physical harm to the drug user or others is known as _____.

Tavish tells you that he can taste the color of the sky and see the sounds of the birds chirping. It is likely that Tavish has ingested _____.