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What is a stimulant?

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A drug that increases the action of the central nervous system, the heart, and other organs

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What is a depressant?

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A drug that slows brain and body reactions

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What is a stimulant?

A drug that increases the action of the central nervous system, the heart, and other organs

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What is a depressant?

A drug that slows brain and body reactions

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What is a hallucination?

false sensory perception

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What is a barbiturate?

A class of sedative and sleep-inducing drugs derived from barbituric acid

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What is an addiction?

A physical dependence on a substance

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What is tolerance?

decreasing response to repeated drug doses

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What is withdrawal?

the discomfort and distress that follow discontinuing the use of an addictive drug

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Cocaine is a:

stimulant, speeds up brain, numbing, stroke, irregular heartbeat

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Nicotine is a:

stimulant, increase in nerve activity and heart rate, calming effect for regular users, cancer, heart disease, stroke,
emphysema

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Alcohol is a:

depressant, Slows both brain and body, disrupts memory and has long-term effect on the brain and cognition reduces self-awareness and self control

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Methamphetamine is a:

stimulant, speeds up nerve and brain activity, increased alertness and energy, decreased appetite, seizures,
severe overheating,
heart damage, long term use can cause harmful behavior, malnutrition, memory loss, anxiety, insomnia, paranoia, and illusions

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LSD is a:

hallucinogen, changes users perception of time, color, movement, and sound, changes how they think and feel

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Caffeine is a:

stimulant, increased breathing and heart rate, increased mental alertness and physical energy

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What is a circadian rhythm?

the biological clock; regular bodily rhythms that occur on a 24-hour cycle

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What are brain waves?

patterns of electrical activity generated by the brain

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What are alpha brain waves?

brainwaves that relate to creativity and daydreaming

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What are delta brainwaves?

brainwaves that relate to deep sleep

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What is sleep debt?

If you don't sleep enough, you "owe" more sleep to yourself. You can't overcome it with will power and it won't go away on its own.

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What is consciousness?

our awareness of ourselves and our environment

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What is sleep?

periodic, natural loss of consciousness

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What is a sleep disorder?

serious and consistent sleep disturbances that interfere with daytime functioning and cause subjective distress

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What is narcolepsy?

a sleep disorder characterized by uncontrollable sleep attacks. Has trouble with staying awake

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What are night terrors?

abrupt awakenings with panic and intense emotional arousal (most common in children)

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What is sleep apnea?

person stops breathing for at least 10 seconds repeatedly during sleep

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What is insomnia?

recurring problems in falling or staying asleep

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What is sleepwalking?

walking while fully asleep

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What is sleeptalking?

talking in your sleep

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What is daydreaming?

a state of consciousness in which a seemingly purposeless flow of thoughts comes to mind

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What is manifest content?

according to Freud, the remembered story line of a dream

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What is latent content?

refers to the symbolic meaning of a dream that lies behind the literal content of the dream

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Wish-Fulfillment theory was first introduced by…

Freud

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Drug addiction can now be diagnosed as a disorder called…

substance use disorder

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A relaxed, awake state features Delta Waves in your brain

false

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When someone has experienced an acid flashback, you they have taken this drug before…

LSD

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Coffee is widely accepted in our society because…

it has caffeine in it, which is not harmful in small and controlled doses

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What hormone is produced to trigger sleepiness?

melatonin

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The practical medical use for opiates is…

pain relief

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Sleep Deprivation affects our heart by…

increasing risk of blood pressure

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To help us sleep, when should we exercise?

in the late afternoon

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What are opiates?

can slow and depress the nervous system and therefore reduce a person's anxiety, elevate their mood and lower their sensitivity to pain

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Symptoms of a cocaine crash includes…

agitation and depression

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Marijuana can provide relief to…

cancer Patients going through Chemotherapy

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What stage of sleep features vivid, bizarre dreams?

REM

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A new form of addiction that was proposed to study further in 2013 is called…

internet gaming disorder

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What can disordered drinking do to the brain?

make it shrink

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Stage 1 sleep (N1)

-Light sleep
-The brain emits alpha waves--> consistent with a relaxed state of wakefulness

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Stage 2 sleep (N2)

A sleep deeper than that of stage 1, characterized by a slower, more regular wave pattern, along with momentary interruptions of "sleep spindles."

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Stage 3 sleep (N3)

deep sleep characterized by low frequency, high amplitude delta waves

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REM sleep

the stage of sleep marked by rapid eye movements, dreaming, and paralysis of motor systems

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A psychological factor that may contribute to drug use is…

Stress, depression, homelessness, etc.