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
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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