Psych II - Consciousness

Processing that does not require your full attention

The sleep-wake cycle is ultimately controlled by what part of the brain?

Barbiturates have what type of effect on people?

Missing one night of sleep

When quitting a drug symptoms like irritability & cravings are a common part of

Which is TRUE about dreams?

Personal awareness of feelings, sensations, and thoughts

In a deep sleep, less than 1 hour after falling asleep, these waves are detected

Disorder in which breathing stops during sleep causing choking and a person to momentary awaken

What advice should you give an insomniac?

A release of inhibitions, impaired judgment, & lowered coordination can be caused by __ drinks.

A cycle of bodily rhythm that is approximately 24 hours long

To monitor brain waves of a sleeping person, a researcher would use

After over 3 days without sleep, basic tasks become difficult. Why?

The state we are in when we are awake and reasonably alert

Drugs that speed up the functioning of the nervous system are

To get relief from pain, Paul has to increase the number of prescription drugs he's been taking

As someone becomes drowsy and enters Stage 1 sleep, you would see

LSD is most similar to

According to Freud, observable content in your dreams is

Stages 1-4 of sleep

Which pair of drugs occur naturally?

REM sleep refers to sleep periods in which

Sleep disorder characterized by difficulty falling or remaining asleep

Negative effect of caffeine

Narcotics like morphine and heroin come from

Nicotine is a

An emotional symptom of sleep deprivation

Psychoactive drugs

REM behavior disorder is a result of

Calvin Hall said dreams are about

An EEG shows sleep spindles in

According to this theory, sleep is necessary to grow/repair the body

After entering Stage 1 sleep, waking suddenly with a vivid visual event is known as

Freud believed that dreams

A book that attempts to tell readers the meaning of their dreams focuses on

People fall directly into REM sleep

Which of these people has narcolepsy?