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Biopsychology: Answers to Quiz 6
1.
A transection of the brain stem between the inferior and superior colloculi creates the ______________ preparation.
Answer: cerveau isole
2.
Phase ____________ are more difficult to adapt to than are phase _____________.
Answer:
1. advances
2. delays
3.
Although _______________ block REM sleep at therapeutic doses, they are not severely debilitating.
Answer: tricyclic antidepressants
4.
Although lesions of the _______________ do not reduce sleep, they abolish circadian periodicity.
Answer: suprachiasmatic nuclei
5.
Recent research has shown that switching to a ___________ sleep cycle can produce a major decrease in sleep time, presumably because ____________ have recuperative powers out of proportion to their brevity.
Answer:
1. polyphasic
2. naps
6.
Research indicates that experiencing the pleasurable effects of addictive drugs is associated with activity in the _______________ pathway from the _______________ to the ______________.
(Hint: think brain areas and the type of neurtransmitter used in the pathway between them.)
Answer:
1. dopamine
2. ventral tegmental area
3. nucleus accumbens
7.
Stress is an unavoidable _____________ effect in studies of sleep _______________ in laboratory animals.
Answer:
1. confounding
2. deprivation
8.
The _____________ design is used to study _______________ drug tolerance.
Answer:
1. before-and-after
2. contingent
9.
Paradoxically, sleeping pills are major cause of ____________.
Answer: insomnia
10.
Place each of the following letters next to the most appropriate drug.
a. DTs
b. anandamide
c. sprees
d. Halsted
e. hypothermia
f. psychosis
g. FAS
h. cold turkey
1. nicotine
2. alcohol
3. marijuana
4. cocaine
5. opiates
Answer:
1. -
2. a, e, g
3. b
4. c, f
5. d, h
11.
Place each of the following letters next to the most appropriate stage of sleep.
a. dream
b. REM
c. sleep spindle
d. occasional delta waves
e. predominance of delta waves
f. sleep talking
g. K complex
h.somnambulism
1. emergent stage 1
2. initial stage 1
3. stage 2
4. stage 3
5. stage 4
Answer:
1. a, b
2. -
3. c, d, g
4. d
5. e, f, h
12.
Which of the common routes of drug administration is most dangerous?
(Hint: specify the exact route of administration)
Answer: intravenous (i.v.)
13.
Drug withdrawal effects are typically _______________ in direction to the original effects of the drug.
Answer: opposite
14.
Of the drugs of addiction, which would be the best one to prescribe for a cancer patient who was experiencing nausea, loss of appetite, and loss of sleep?
Answer: marijuana
15.
__________ disease illustrates the incredible addictive power of __________ , which is the main psychoactive ingredient of ___________.
Answer:
1. Buerger
2. nicotine
3. tabacco
16.
Drug ____________ and drug ______________ effects are different manifestations of the adaptation of the nervous system to the presence of a drug in the body.
Answer:
1. tolerance
2. withdrawal
17.
From a circadian perspective, regular alarm clocks are _______________.
Answer: zeitgebers
18.
______________ is the brain structure that has been implicated in cataplexy.
Answer: nucleus magnocellularis
19.
________________ is the brain structure that has been implicated in disordered REM sleep without atonia.
Answer: nucleus magnocellularis
20.
Free-running _______________ tend to be more than 24 hours.
Answer: periods
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