psychology test units 5-9

why do we sleep?

Protection, restoration , creative thinking, and growth

What psychoactive drugs are sometimes called psychedelics? These are drugs that distort perceptions and evoke sensory images in the absence of corresponding sensory input.

hallucinogens (pshydelics)

TRUE OR FALSE- The occipital lobe is the primary visual processing areas of the brain. (Ex. colors/distance, recognizing faces.) More specifically it processes sight and smell.

true

what is a series of structures that controls the actions and reactions in response to stimuli from environment?

nervous system

what makes up the central nervous system?

brain and spinal cord

what Is the endocrine system?

a set of glands that produces and releases hormones

What connects the central nervous system to the rest of the body?

The peripheral nervous system

what does the sympathetic division control?

fight or flight response

What does the parasympathetic division do?

calms your body

Which lobe enables your most advanced cognitive abilities? (it lays just behind your forehead)

frontal lobe

Which lobe is mostly for processing information like, mathematical reasoning, and controls pain, taste.

parietal lobe

Which lobe helps you visually see things and interpret color, regognize faces, etc.

occipital lobe

which lobe controls speech and hearing?

temporal lobe

Which stage of REM sleep would be the easiest to wake up someone from?

NREM 1

You spend half your entire time sleeping in which REM stage?

NREM 2

Which stage of NREM is called slow wave sleep?

NREM 3

(blank) sleep is a sleep stage in which your eyes move rapidly under your closed eye lids and you dream

REM

_(blank)__ serve an important memory related function by shifting through the days experience and tying up loose ends.

dreams

Why is DREAMING and SLEEPING important?

fill out (dreaming and sleeping)

What is the psychological need to take more of a drug after continued use?

dependence

what are chemical substances that alter perception, mood, and behavior?

psychoactive drugs

What psychoactive drugs (ex.nicotine, cocaine and caffeine) excite neutral activity and speed up body functions.

stimulants

what psychoactive drugs are called psychedelics and distort perception

hallucinogens

what psychoactive drug works by attaching to receptors in the brain and reduces pain/anxiety but are very addictive?

opioids

Why doesn’t marijuana fit into any (drug) categories?

1. Its behavioral effects are similar low doses of alchohol but lower but different because it does not suppress breathing and are not lethal

2. Compared to LSD, it does not produces mild hallucinogen experiences

3. Its structure does not resemble that of hallucingens