states of conciousness

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According to research on sleep deprivation, a moderate amount of sleep loss ___

According to research on sleep deprivation, a moderate amount of sleep loss ___

Which of the following drugs is most likely to produce a euphoric high and feelings of social intimacy?

Ecstasy

A rapid EEG (beta waves), dreaming, rapid eye movements, and profound muscle relaxation go with

REM sleep

Mark's abuse of alcohol and other addictive drugs is influenced by genetic factors, by the ready availability of drugs in Mark's neighborhood, and by Mark's failure to accurately assess the risks associated with drug usage. An understanding of Mark's difficulties within the framework of multiple levels of analysis is most clearly provided by:

a biopsychosocial approach.

Under hypnosis, Mrs. Mohammed is encouraged by her therapist to vividly experience and describe the details of an argument she had with her father when she was a child. The therapist is employing a technique called:

age regression

Sodium pentothal has sometimes been called a "truth serum" because it relaxes people and enables them to more freely disclose personally embarrassing experiences. It is most likely that sodium pentothal is a(n):

barbiturate

CPAP stands for

continuous positive airway pressure

One theory suggests that the brain activity associated with ________ is helpful for developing and preserving neural pathways in the brain.

dreaming

Research has indicated that hypnosis

enables some people to undergo surgery without anesthesia

While serving as a subject at a sleep clinic, Erica is deprived of dreaming for several nights. As a result, she is likely to

experience REM rebound and spend more time in REM sleep on subsequent nights

The three main categories of psychoactive drugs are the depressants, the stimulants, and the:

hallucigenens

Which of the following phenomena of hypnosis is usually used to help someone stop smoking?

hallucinations

Bailey is hooked up to an electroencephalograph (EEG) in a sleep lab. She has been asleep for just over an hour now, and her EEG is showing low amplitude, irregular brain wave patterns. Her breathing and pulse rate are irregular, and her eyes are darting back and forth beneath her closed eyelids. The researcher who is monitoring Bailey's sleep can conclude that Bailey

has just entered REM sleep

Advocates of the social influence theory of hypnosis are likely to argue that:

hypnotized people are simply enacting the role of good hypnotic subjects.

To cure his insomnia, Mr. Ming-Hwei takes a sleeping pill just before bedtime. Research suggests that this practice

may actually make Mr. Ming-Hwei's insomnia worse when it is discontinued

Which of the following is a stimulant drug known as "speed" whose aftereffects may include seizures and periods of disorientation?

methamphetamine

Which of the following drugs is classified as a stimulant

nicotine

Alcohol, marijuana, cocaine, and a wide variety of other chemical agents that alter perceptions and moods are called:

psychoactive drugs

The altered state of consciousness that is most similar to a drug induced hallucination is

the near death experience

Studies suggest a relationship between insomnia and body temperature. Which of the following would a researcher use to test this relationship?

thermogram

In ________ of the sleep cycle, brain waves are of high frequency and very low amplitude, resembling those recorded when a person is alert or excited

NREM1


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