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These questions are taken from the directed questions found in the margins of the chapter. After reading the chapter, you should be able to answer these questions:

6.1 Define the characteristics of consciousness.

6.2 Contrast the psychodynamic and cognitive views of the mind, and contrast controlled and automatic processing.

6.3 Describe how visual agnosia, blindsight, and priming illustrate unconscious processing.

6.4 Describe how consciousness enhances the ability to adapt to the environment.

6.5 Describe how scientists identify brain pathways involved in conscious versus unconscious processing.

6.6 Identify and describe the brain structures involved in maintaining circadian rhythms.

6.7 Describe conditions associated with disrupted circadian rhythms and interventions used to treat associated problems.

6.8 Describe how environmental and cultural factors affect sleep.

6.9 Discuss the differences in brain wave patterns of waking states and stages of sleep.

6.10 Describe the types of sleep deprivation and their effects on functioning.

6.11 Explain how different types of sleep deprivation affect mood and behaviour.

6.12 Describe the theories regarding the purposes of sleep, including the restoration model, the evolutionary/circadian model, and the memory consolidation model.

6.13 Describe the symptoms, causes, and treatment of major sleep disorders.

6.14 Outline research findings on the content of dreams.

6.15 Describe theories regarding the purposes of dreaming, including wish fulfillment, activation-synthesis theory, problem-solving models, and cognitive-process theories.

6.16 Contrast daydreams with nighttime dreams.

6.17 Describe how agonist and antagonist drugs affect neurotransmitters.

6.18 Define tolerance and withdrawal, explain how they are influenced by classical conditioning, and explain how they are involved in the diagnosis of substance dependence.

6.19 Describe the effects of the major drug classes — including depressants, stimulants, opiates, hallucinogens, and marijuana —on the nervous system and behaviour.

6.20 Outline the ways that amphetamines, cocaine, and Ecstasy affect the brain.

6.21 Describe the effects of opiates, hallucinogens, and marijuana.

6.22 Use the three levels of analysis to describe how the interaction of genetic, psychological, and environmental factors explains drug use and dependence.

6.23 Describe research findings on hypnosis with regard to involuntary behaviors, pain tolerance, hypnotic amnesia, and memory enhancement.

6.24 Contrast the dissociation and social cognitive theories of hypnosis, and explain how proponents of each theory understand brain activity during hypnosis.








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