Biopsychology

Question 1

What are biological rhythms?

Answer 1

A change in body processes that conform to cyclical time periods/Processes in the body that follow a cycle

Question 2

What influences biological rhythms?

Answer 2

Internal body clocks (endogenous pacemakers) and external changes to the environment (exogenous zeitgebers)

Question 3

What are 3 biological rhythms?

Answer 3

Circadian rhythms
Infradian rhythms
Ultradian rhythms

Question 4

What is a cycle?

Answer 4

A series of events that is continuously repeated in the same order

Question 5

What are circadian rhythms?

Answer 5

They are biological rhythms that repeat every 24 hours, a process in the body that take 24 hours to complete a full cycle

Question 6

What are two examples of a circadian rhythm

Answer 6

Examples include the sleep-wake cycle and variations in body temperature.

Question 7

What happens in sleep-wake cycles?

Answer 7

At 7 am, we wake up, At 11 am, we feel most alert, In the afternoon, we have a dip in alertness, At 11 pm, we fall asleep, At 2 am, we feel least alert

Question 8

What are chronotheraputics?

Answer 8

Time therapy that was developed using knowledge of the circadian rhythm and allow people to take drugs which then aren’t effective until necessary, hours later.

Question 10

Explain what Siffre did in his study>

Answer 10

Siffre spent 2 months in the caves of Southern Alps and then 10 years later spent 6 months in a Texan cave and monitored his circadian rhythm. He has supplies of food and drink but no natural light.

Question 11

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