ch. 3 study guide

narcolepsy

A sleep disorder characterized by uncontrollable sleep attacks. The sufferer may lapse directly into REM sleep, often at inopportune times.

the next day the names of the people he talked to and what he said while drinking

After a stressful day at the office, Arthur has five or six drinks at a local bar before going home for dinner. Research suggests that Arthur's heavy drinking will have the most adverse effect on his ability to remember

unconscious processing.

Although many experienced drivers cannot accurately explain how they do it, most know how to turn successfully from a left to a right lane of traffic. This best illustrates the value of

more likely to smoke and more likely to drink alcohol as teens.

Boys who tend to be fearless and impulsive at age 6 are

selective attention

Our inability to consciously process all the sensory information available to us at any single point in time best illustrates the necessity of

people are more likely to dream of failure than of success.

Research studies of the content of dreams indicate that:

hallucinations

Sensory experiences that occurs without a sensory stimulus are called

decreases; decreases

The use of barbiturates ________ anxiety and ________ nervous system activity.

its underlying but censored meaning

according to freud, the latent content of a dream refers to

use of substances gets to the point that education, job, or relationships with others are disrupted.

drug use is considered a disorder when a person

neuroadaptation

the change in brain chemistry that offsets the effects of psychoactive drug is called...

giraffes 2hrs

which of the following animals tend to sleep the least? bats cats dolphins cows or giraffes

Less significant More significant

with repeated use of most psychoactive drugs, the immediate pleasent effects become _____ and the unpleasent aftereffects become______.

REM sleep than in NREM-1 sleep

During the course of a full night's sleep, people are most likely to spend more time in

alpha waves

Jordanna has decided to go to bed early. Although her eyes are closed and she's very relaxed, she has not yet fallen asleep. An electroencephalograph is most likely to indicate the presence of the relatively slow brain waves of a relaxed, awake state