3c. Sleep deprivation, sleep disorders, and dreams Flashcards
ongoing difficulty falling or staying asleep
insomnia
sudden attacks of overwhelming/uncontrollable sleepiness
Narcolepsy
stopping breathing repeatedly while sleeping
sleep apnea
doing normal waking activities while asleep.
sleepwalking
does sleeptalking occur in any sleep stage
true
at which stage of sleep does sleepwalking happens
N3
appearing, terrified, talking nonsense, sitting up, or walking around during N3 sleep; different from nightmares
night terrors
REM sleep triggers neural activity that evokes random visual memories, which our sleeping brain weaves into stories (a theory)
activation-synthesis
what theory proposed that dreams provide a psychic safety valve that discharges otherwise unacceptable feelings
Freud’s wish fulfillment
the apparent and remembered story line; actual dream
manifest content
symbolic version of the dream; interpretation
latent content
Dream help us sort out the day’s events and consolidate our memories
Information processing
what theory proposed that dreams may help sift, sort, and fix the day’s experiences in our memory
information processing
sleep deprived on weekdays and binge sleeping on the weekend
sleep bulimia
sleep consolidates our learning into long-term memory. true or false
true
what theory explains the regular brain stimulation from REM sleep that may help develop and preserve neural pathways
physiological function
According to this theory, dreams are the brain’s attempt to synthesize random neural activity
activation-synthesis
the tendency for REM sleep to increase following REM sleep deprivation
REM rebound
Dream content reflects dreamers’ level of their knowledge and understanding or dreamer’s developmental stage (a theory)
cognitive development
