4.4-4.6 Flashcards
bad dreams occurring during REM sleep.
Nightmares
a rare disorder in which the mechanism that blocks the movement of the voluntary muscles fails, allowing the person to thrash around and even get up and act out nightmares.
REM Behavior Disorder
occurring during deep sleep, an episode of moving around or walking around in one’s sleep. Sleepwalking is more common among children than adults. Although this young girl may appear to be awake, she is still deeply asleep. When she awakens in the morning, she will have no memory of this sleepwalking episode.
Sleepwalking (Somnambulism)
a relatively rare disorder in which the person experiences extreme fear and screams or runs around during deep sleep without waking fully.
Night terrors
the inability to get to sleep, stay asleep, or get a good quality of sleep.
Insomnia
a disorder in which the person stops breathing for nearly half a minute or more.
Continuous positive airway pressure device.
Sleep apnea
sleep disorder in which a person falls immediately into REM sleep during the day without warning.
Narcolepsy
sudden loss of muscle tone
Cataplexy
dreams as wish fulfillment.
Freud
the actual dream itself.
Manifest content
the true, hidden meaning of a dream.
Latent content
explanation that states that dreams are created by the higher centers of the cortex to explain the activation by the brain stem of cortical cells during REM sleep periods.
Activation-synthesis hypothesis
revised version of the activation-synthesis explanation of dreams in which information that is accessed during waking hours can have an influence on the synthesis of dreams.
Activation-information-mode model (AIM)
state of consciousness in which the person is especially susceptible to suggestion.
Hypnosis
Degree to which a person ia a good hypnotic subject
Hypnotic Susceptibility
