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Helen consulted with her doctor after 2 weeks of having these strange sensations of not being able to move after falling asleep. He diagnosed this as
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sleep paralysis.
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This is our subjective experience of the world around us, our bodies, and our mental perspectives.
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Consciousness
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These cyclical changes occur on a 24-hour basis in many biological processes.
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Circadian rhythm
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The suprachiasmatic nucleus is located in the
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hypothalamus.
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The urge to sleep at night is triggered by this hormone, which increases at night.
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Melatonin
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The average adult gets about ________ hours of sleep, and most college students need ________ hours of sleep a night.
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7; 9
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You and your friend are watching a movie when your friend drifts off to sleep and begins to have sudden jerks of movement. This is better known as
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hypnic myoclonia.
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Stage 1 of sleep lasts for
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5-10 minutes.
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In stage 2 of sleep, the sudden bursts of electrical activity are called
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sleep spindles.
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In stage 5, you enter a stage of sleep in which the brain ________ and during which vivid dreaming most often occurs.
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is most active
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This is the most common sleep disturbance, which also affects people suffering from depression, pain, or a variety of other medical conditions.
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Insomnia
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You are consulting on the Sleep Disorder Service at the local hospital and begin interviewing Mrs. Jones. As you are speaking with her, she suddenly falls asleep. You know that this is best explained by
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narcolepsy.
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You and your friends are hanging out one night at the local coffee shop. You tell a funny joke, everyone begins to laugh uncontrollably when your friend Ryan falls down like a rag doll. This complete loss of muscle tone is known as
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cataplexy.
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Your mother has complained for years about your father's snoring, but lately he has been waking up gasping for air. You tell your parents that your dad should be checked for
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sleep apnea
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Night terrors occur during ________ while nightmares occur only during ________.
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non-REM; sleep, REM sleep.
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Somnabulism is a fancy term for
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sleepwalking.
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Your grandfather survived a triple-bypass and spoke about seeing lost relatives and a bright light at the end of the tunnel. This phenomenon is better known as
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a near-death experience.
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Déjà vu is hypothesized to be triggered by small seizures in the right ________ lobe.
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temporal
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This approach explains hypnosis based on a separation of the parts of the personality responsible for planning from the part of the personality that controls memories.
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Dissociation theory
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A blood alcohol level of ________ is the cutoff for legal intoxication, while sedation occurs about 0.20 to 0.30.
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0.08
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After Walter was admitted into the Detox facility for alcoholism, he began to experience severe agitation, hallucinations, confusion, and disorientation in a condition known as
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delirium tremens.
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Nicotine activates the receptors that are sensitive to this neurotransmitter.
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Acetylcholine
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Alcohol and the sedative-hypnotics fall under which class?
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Depressants
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The active ingredient in marijuana is
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THC.
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This drug was synthesized from chemicals found in a fungus that grows on rye.
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LSD
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