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Biological Approach 1 - Dement and Kleitman Flashcards

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1
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When was this study done?

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1957

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What is the circadian rhythm?

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Your 24hr sleep/wake cycle.

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What is an EEG?

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An electroencephalograph. It records brain activity and eye movements.

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What sort of experimental design is this study?

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Repeated measures desgin.

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What sort of experiment is this study?

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Lab experiment.

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How did Dement and Kleitman record participant’s brain waves and eye movements?

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EEG and EOC.

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What is the first aim?

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Does dream recall differ between REM and nREM sleep?

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What is the second aim?

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Is there a positive correlation between subjective estimates of
dream duration and the length of the REM period before waking?

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What is the third aim?

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Are eye-movement patterns related to dream content?

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What is the first hypothesis?

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There is a connection between REM sleep and dreaming.

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What is the second hypothesis?

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There will be a significant positive correlation between the
length of REM and the estimated length of dreams.

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What is the third hypothesis?

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There will be a significant positive correlation between eye movements and the content of dreams.

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What is the IV?

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What stage of sleep (REM or nREM) the subject was woken up in.

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What is the DV for hypothesis one?

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Dreaming or not.

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What is the DV for hypothesis two?

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Dream length estimation (5 or 15 minutes).

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What is the DV for hypothesis three?

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Anecdotal evidence given by the dreamer.

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What was used to wake the participants?

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A loud, electronic bell.

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How did the participants record their dreams?

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They spoke into a voice recorder immediately after being woken up.

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19
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How many total dreams were recorded?

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152

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How many dreams were not recorded due to equipment failure or procedural failure transcribing them?

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26

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How many participants were there?

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9: 2 women and 7 men.

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How many participants withdrew?

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4 (gender unknown).

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How was the data of the 9 participants used?

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5 were studied in depth, and the 4 that withdrew had their data used to confirm the results of the 5.

24
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What were some rules for the participants?

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They were told not to have any caffeine or alcohol before the study.

25
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When would the participants arrive at the study?

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Shortly before their normal bedtime.

26
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When would the experimenter ring the bell to wake a participant up?

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At the end of a REM or nREM period so that participants could record their dreams. (If they had any).

27
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Why were the periods of dreaming time before being woken up altered?

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To see if the estimated length of the dream corresponded to real time.

28
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What was the procedure for hypothesis one?

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  • Participants were woken after REM or nREM sleep but not told which
  • Participants recorded their dream into a recorder right after (if they had one)
29
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How was the choice of being woken up after REM or nREM decided for procedure one?

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  1. Random number generator for two participants.
  2. 3 REM than 3 nREM for one participant.
  3. Telling the participant they would only be woken in REM, but waking them randomly. (one participant).
  4. The experimenter chose. (one participant).
30
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What communication was there between the experimenter and the participants?

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Very little.
Sometimes, after describing a dream, the experimenter would come into the room and ask the participant further questions.

31
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What was the procedure for hypothesis two?

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Woken after 5 or 15 minutes in REM.
Guessed the duration of their dream.
Sometimes longer REM periods.
Words in dream narrative were counted.

32
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What was the procedure for hypothesis three?

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EEG electrodes detect eye movements.
After 1 minute of a consistent eye movement, the participant was woken and asked to report their dream.

33
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What were the four types of eye movements experimenters looked for?

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Mainly vertical
Mainly horizontal
Both vertical and horizontal
Little or no movement

34
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How did the experimenters compare the EEG results of the participants?

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They took EEGs of awake participants who watched distant and close up activity.

35
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How many people had EEGs while they were awake for comparison?

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5 participants
and
20 people outside the experiment.

36
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What is an example of a dream that has mainly horizontal eye movement?

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Throwing a tomato back and forth.

37
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What is an example of a dream that has mainly vertical eye movement?

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Climbing a ladder
Throwing basketballs

38
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What is an example of a dream that has mainly little or no eye movement?

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Driving a car
Watching people in the distance

39
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What was the result of hypothesis one?

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TRUE
There is a connection between REM and dreaming.

40
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What was the result of hypothesis two?

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TRUE
There will be a significant positive correlation between the
length of REM and the estimated length of dreams.

41
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What was the result of hypothesis three?

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TRUE
There is a correlation between the direction of eye movements and the content of dreams.

42
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How long did uninterrupted dream stages typically last?

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3-50 minutes
Approx. 20 min. for the mean

43
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Were dream stages typically longer earlier or later in the night?

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Later.

44
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Were rapid eye movements detected in the onset of sleep?

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No.

45
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How varied was cycle length?

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Different between participants, but consistent with each participant.

46
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When participants were woken from nREM sleep, which sleep did they return to?

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nREM.

47
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When participants were woken from REM sleep, which sleep did they return to?

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nREM. Except for late in the night when their body was trying to catch up on REM sleep.

48
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What conclusion can be drawn between dreaming and REM sleep?

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Dreaming is reported from REM but not nREM sleep.

49
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What conclusion can be drawn about participants estimating dream length?

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Participants can judge the length of their dream duration.

50
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What conclusion can be drawn between eye movement patterns and dream content?

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Eye patterns do relate to dream content.

51
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Why was their occasional recall of dreams from nREM stages?

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Likely because dreams are being recalled from the previous REM stage.

52
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What are results in an experiment?

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The actual data uncovered by the experimenters often in numerical detail.

53
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What are conclusions in an experiment?

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The inferences of the results and the interpretation of the results.

54
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What were the strengths of this experiment?

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Lab experiment - standardised environment
Controlled extraneous variables
Quantitative data
Reduced demand characteristics due to the participants not being told about their brain waves

55
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What were the weaknesses of this experiment?

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Low ecological validity
Small sample size - low generalisability
Self-reporting - could be influenced by participant’s personality rather than actual dream length
Sleep lab affected quality of sleep

56
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What is the GRAVE analysis of this experiment?

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medium
high
medium
medium
high

57
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How could this study be improved?

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A larger sample size
OR
Conducted in a participant’s home instead of a laboratory

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