Exam 4: Sensation and Perception

Which of the following withdrawal symptoms are related to the use of stimulants?

Write brief vignettes or case studies of three different individuals,each suffering from a different sleep disturbance.Include demographic information where relevant.

When traditional practitioners of the ancient Eastern religion of Zen Buddhism want to achieve greater spiritual insight,they turn to a technique that has been used for centuries to alter their state of consciousness.This technique is called _____.

_____ are unusually frightening dreams,that occur fairly often.

Which of the following psychologists is correctly matched with a theory of the function of dreams?

Which of the following is true of altered state of consciousness?

List three classes of drugs.Identify two drugs in each class and describe their physiological and behavioral effects.

Which sleep disturbance is correctly matched with its description?

_____ drugs influence emotion,perception,and behavior.

Sigmund Freud's theory that dreams represent unconscious desires that dreamers want to see fulfilled is known as _____.

Which of the following figures best approximates the percentage of American high school seniors who report having used marijuana in the last year?

The use of _____ results in euphoria,relaxed inhibitions,heightened sense of oneself and insight,and disoriented behavior.

Symptoms such as anxiety,vomiting,sneezing,diarrhea,lower back pain,watery eyes,runny nose,yawning,irritability,tremors,panic,chills and sweating,and cramps are related to the use of _____.

_____ drugs are drugs that produce a biological or psychological dependence in the user so that withdrawal from them leads to a craving for the drug that,in some cases,may be nearly irresistible.

_____ is the state of transition between wakefulness and sleep,characterized by relatively rapid,low-amplitude brain waves.

Brief periods of "spiky" brain wave patterns called sleep spindles are characteristic of _____ sleep.

_____ is a form of severe depression in which feelings of despair and hopelessness increase during the winter and lift during the rest of the year.

The onset of REM sleep _____ the release of neurotransmitters called _____.

Lance has 6 drinks one night.He has engaged in _____ drinking.

Approximately what percentage of the population can be very easily hypnotized?