Exam 4: States of Consciousness

In ____________ theory,the actual wishes that are threatening to the dreamer's conscious awareness are disguised.

Which of the following is NOT a sign of a drug or alcohol problem?

____________ produces a sense of relaxation,but it is highly psychologically and physically addictive.

In ____________ theory,the true subject and meaning of a dream may have little to do with its apparent story line.

In __________ based addictions,the people believe that they need the drug to respond to the stresses of daily living.

In psychologically based addictions,the person believes that he/she needs the drug to respond to the stress of daily living.

A person suffering from insomnia does not sleep at all.

___________,a stimulant,is present in tea,soft drinks,chocolate,and coffee.

The biological process that occurs regularly on approximately a 24-hour cycle is called the body's _______________ rhythms.

Meditation typically consists of a ____________: a sound,a word,or a syllable that is repeated over and over.

If Margy drinks three alcoholic beverages during lunch and then comes home and drinks about six alcoholic beverages with dinner,what is likely occurring?

Freud's theory of dreams is universally accepted and all dream analysis comes from Freudian work.

Caffeine is a stimulant drug whose effect on the central nervous system causes a rise in heart rate,blood pressure,and muscular tension.

MDMA (Ecstasy)and Lysergic Acid Diethylamide (LSD)are both hallucinogens that affect the operation of the neurotransmitter serotonin in the brain.

If a person sleeps for 8 hours in one night,then about how many times do they cycle through the stages of sleep?

Drug use and hypnosis are ways of deliberately altering one's state of consciousness.

Sudden Infant Death Syndrome (SIDS)may be due to sleep apnea.

The ______________ theory says that dreams permit information that is critical for our daily survival to be reconsidered and reprocessed during sleep.

___________ is the neurotransmitter that produces a high that offers pleasurable sensations.

___________ is a learned technique for refocusing attention that brings about an altered state of consciousness.