Exam 5: Body Rhythms and Mental States

When people fly across several time zones, sleep and wake patterns usually take many days to return to normal.

Describe the common effects of tranquilizers.

When opium and heroin are abused, the resulting effects may include:

What is one of the weaknesses of the problem-focused theory of dreaming?

The ______________ dream theory states that the purpose of dreaming is to express ongoing concerns of waking life.

The _______________ theory of dreaming suggests that dreaming is simply a continuation of our daytime thinking.

Circadian rhythms are controlled by a biological clock, located in a cluster of cells in the hypothalamus.

What is one of the weaknesses of the activation-synthesis theory of dreaming?

On an average, REM sleep periods last about _______________.

A hypnotized person is usually aware of what is going on and remembers the experience later.

When we say that biological rhythms are endogenous, we mean that:

How do psychoactive drugs primarily work?

Define and describe sleep apnea.

Judith is startled when her six-year-old daughter, Laura, sleepwalks into the family room. It is most likely that Laura is experiencing the _______________ stage of the sleep cycle.

_______________, a hormone secreted by the pineal gland, helps to keep the biological clock in phase with the light-dark cycle.

Your cousin Brenda says she is suffering several symptoms and claims they are due to premenstrual syndrome (PMS). Which of the following symptoms that she cites is the most questionably linked to the menstrual cycle?

The reason that REM sleep occurs is:

Traditionally, there are _______________ stages of NREM sleep.

_______________, a hormone involved in the regulation of circadian rhythms, is secreted by the pineal gland.

Internal desynchronization is a disorder in which a person experiences depression during the winter and an improvement of mood in the spring.