Exam 5: Body Rhythms and Mental States

Among the common effects of cocaine are:

Drugs that have been declared illegal:

The activation-synthesis theory of dreaming states that:

Sigmund Freud would agree that the key to analyzing a dream will be found in the manifest content.

During the night:

In his dream, Andy is an infant crawling through a dark tunnel looking for something he has lost. Which theory would be most receptive to an explanation that while Andy was sleeping, neurons in his pons that would ordinarily stimulate leg-muscle movement were active?

Describe the results of abuse/addiction to cocaine.

There is no evidence that light or moderate use of alcohol can damage the brain enough to affect cognitive functioning.

The average adolescent needs about ________ hours of sleep a night.

Describe the results of abuse/addiction to mescaline.

Which of the following statements about PMS is true?

Match each description with the appropriate theory. -A theory that says hypnosis involves a split in consciousness between one part that observes and a second part that participates in the hypnosis.

Cocaine blocks the brain's reuptake of dopamine and norepinephrine.

Match each description with the appropriate term. -A controversial disorder in which a person experiences depression during the winter and an improvement of mood in the spring.

Match each drug with the appropriate drug category. -LSD

For most people, mild forms of sleep deprivation are likely due to:

Former users of ecstasy who had abstained for at least a year were still performing more poorly on memory tests than individuals who had never used ecstasy.

Match each drug with the appropriate drug category. -Morphine

In a study of mood changes in men and women, researchers found that no relation exists between stage of the menstrual cycle and emotional symptoms.

While spending the night at a sleep laboratory, Jaclyn experiences paradoxical sleep. Explain what is happening in her body during this time.