5.1.3 & 5.1.4 Flashcards
Sleeping pills and alcohol can make….
Insomnia worse
Narcolepsy
A sleep disorder characterized by uncontrollable sleep attacks. The sufferer may lapse directly into REM sleep, often at inopportune times
Narcolepsy is a….
Brain disease
Sleep apnea
A sleep disorder characterized by temporary cessations of breathing during sleep and repeated momentary awakenings
Night terrors
A sleep disorder characterized by high arousal and an appearance of being terrified; unlike nightmares, night terrors occur during stage 4 sleep within two or three hours of falling asleep, and are seldom remembered
Dream
A sequence of images, emotions, and thoughts passing through a sleeping person’s mind. Dreams are notable for their hallucinatory imagery, discontinuities, and incongruities, and for the dreamer’s delusional acceptance of the content and later difficulties remembering it
Manifest content
According to Freud, the remembered story line of a dream (as distinct from its latent, or hidden, content)
We dream to satisfy our own….
Wishes
Latent content
According to Freud, the underlying meaning of a dream (as distinct from its manifest content)
We dream to file away….
Memories
We dream to develop and preserve….
Neural pathways
We dream to make sense of….
Neural static
We dream to reflect…
Cognitive development
REM rebound
The tendency for REM sleep to increase following REM sleep deprivation (created by repeated awakenings during REM sleep)
Insomnia
Recurring problems in falling or staying asleep