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_____, the active ingredient in marijuana, seems to have many receptors located in the _____ of the brain, thereby affecting memory.

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Which of the following is required in order to benefit from meditation?

A) a spiritual belief
B) self-discipline
C) a licensed therapist
D) a decade of practice

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How would an injury to the hypothalamus affect the circadian rhythm?

Your _____ night is when your biological clock is telling you to go to sleep.

Based on the amount of light in the environment, the _____ gland is instructed to secrete or withhold the hormone _____, which plays an important role in sleep.

In terms of the circadian rhythm, the amount of light in the environment is "read" by the _____ of each eye, which then sends that message via the _____ to the suprachiasmatic nucleus.

When referring to the circadian rhythm, which of the following reflects the correct order of processing?

Drugs that are formulated to mimic the effects of hallucinogens while supposedly avoiding negative side effects are known as _____

Which of the following indicates substance abuse?

In his sleep research, Drummond and others (2000)found that the _____ lobes were very active on the rested group but very inactive in the sleep-deprived group. Moreover, they found the _____ lobes of the sleep-deprived group to be highly active, perhaps to overcompensate for their sleep deprived condition.

Why is it that someone with somnambulism can walk around without falling?

Jackie is an airline pilot who frequently flies across time zones. She tries to compensate for this disturbance in her circadian rhythm by adjusting her light exposure with artificial lighting. This will work best if she does which of the following?

Which of the following is true about hypnosis?

Because of modern brain-imaging techniques, today's psychologists think of consciousness largely in terms of _____

From an evolutionary perspective, dreams should serve a protective function. The fact that we often dream about _____ supports that view.

Why is alcohol appropriately classified as a depressant even though some people report that drinking alcohol makes them more social and energetic?

What two categories of dream content did Sigmund Freud describe?

When researchers agree with the explanation that hypnosis works for some people because their executive functioning weakens enough to allow a true altered state of consciousness, they are in favor of the _____

What class of drugs triggers the sympathetic nervous system?

In the Native American Church in the United States, _____ is the controversial substance used during some of their rituals.