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Depressants
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Slow mental and bodily processes by reducing activity in the nervous system. Depressants include alcohol and barbiturates.
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Stimulants
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Increase activity in the nervous syatem (e.g., amphetamines, caffeine, nicotine).
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Opiates
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Stimulate special receptor sites in the brain, resulting in a dreamy, relaxed state and, in some persons, intense feelings of pleasure. Opiates include heroine and morphine.
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Hallucinogens
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Such as LSD generate sensory perceptions for which there are no external stimuli.
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The gateway hypothesis
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This view suggests that marijuana is uniquely linked to the use of other drugs, but is not supported by existing evidence.
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Used to record the brain's electrical activity
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Electroenecephalogram ** EEG
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An inablilty to maintain or fall asleep.
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Insomnia
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An uncontrollable need to sleep during waking hours
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Narcolepsy
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Commonly known as sleep walking, individuals actually get up and move about while still asleep.
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Somnambulism
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Frightening non REM dreams
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Night terrors
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Sleepers constantly wake during the night due to lack of breathing.
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Sleep Apnea
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Freud popularized this theory, which suggest that dreams express unconscious wishes or impulses. Freud believed that we have many conscious thoughts and wishes while awake, and dreams allow us to act on those desires.
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Psychodynamic
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A theory known as ? suggest that long-term deprivation of sleep can be harmful to human beings.
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Fatal Familial Insomnia
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What ways can classical conditioning be used?
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Help someone prevent a drug overdose.
Alter the immune system. |
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What is the difference between short-term memory and working memory?
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working memory is more complex than the temporary storage of info that we refer to with short-term memory. Working memory not only stores, but also processes, info for immediate recall.
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What are the components of working memory?
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Phonological loop ( processes word sounds), Visuospatial sketchpad (processes info about appearance of an object and its spatial relationship), and Central executive (regulates and coordinates the other two components. This allows us to multitask and process numerous cues simultaneously.
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This type of memory relates to info we gain at a specific time and place.
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Episodic memory
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This type of memory is more general in nature. Info related to semantic memory involves factual trivia, meaning of words, and everyday life occurrences. These are the things we just know without remembering how we acquired that info.
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Semantic memory.
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Stimuli that are associated with info stored in memory and so can help bring the info to mind at times when it cannot be recalled spontaneously.
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Retrieval cues
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What are some research methods used to study memory?
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Nonsense syllables. Free recall. Recognition, Priming, Neruoimaging
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