Sleep
Neurotransmitters and Psychoactive Drugs
Stress
100

This is the stage in which people typically dream.

What is REM?

100

This type of drug tends to suppress activity in the central nervous system.

What is a depressant?

100

This is a negative stress response.

What is distress?

200

This is the natural sleep/wake cycle that typically completes a 24-hour cycle.

What is the cicradian rhythm?

200

This is the most accessible stimulant.

What is caffeine?

200
This is the type of correlation that is found between stress and being more susceptible to getting sick.

What is a positive correlation?

300

This device is used to identify the stages of sleep.

What is an EEG?

300

This is a chemical that mimics a neurotransmitter.

What is an agonist?

300

These are the three main categories of stress.

What are catastrophes, significant life changes, and daily hassles?

400

This sleep disorder is when REM sleep paralysis does not occur.

What is REM sleep behavior disorder?

400

The major excitatory neurotransmitter that, when in oversupply, can overstimulate the brain which then causes migraines or seizures.

What is glutamate?

400

Women are more likely to attempt this coping strategy.

What is tend-and-befriend response?

500

This theory of dreaming suggests that it is simply a physiological process that results in random signals being sent to the forebrain.

What is activation-synthesis model?

500

This is the hunger hormone.

What is ghrelin?

500

This is the theory that proposes our stress response is similar to a single burglar alarm that sounds no matter what intrudes.

What is general adaptation syndrome (GAS)?

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