The need to take a drug to avoid withdrawal symptoms is an indication of __________.

The process whereby we receive information from the environment through our receptors is _______.

Which theorist, attempting to explain what dreams are all about, suggested that there are two levels of content to each dream—the manifest content and the latent content?

Dan recently watched a television program about rabies and those animals that are typically carriers of the disease. Last night, when he stepped outside to call his cat, he saw a raccoon waddling across his yard. The animal acted strangely and came straight toward him. Dan immediately decided it must have rabies. He made his decision based on __________.

Psychological tests that yield relatively consistent results are said to be ­­­­­­­­__________. 

Information selected from sensory memory is transferred to conscious awareness or  __________.

What is the most frequently used drug (legal or illegal) in the United States?

When a warm object is placed against a “cold spot” on our skin, we feel cold.  This is known as _______.

A client tells his therapist about a dream in which he drives his wife to the airport where she boards a plane. As the plane takes off, he is smiling. The therapist says the dream suggests a desire for a divorce. The therapist’s interpretation represents what Sigmund Freud called the dream’s __________ content.

Detecting “environmental stimulation” is one way to define ______.