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1
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What is the circadian Rhythm

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24 hour cycle in nature (sometimes 25 if cues are removed)

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2
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How does our energy levels vary?

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Energy levels differ throughout the day

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3
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How to people overcome jet lag

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1 hour difference = 1 day recovery

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4
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What is sleep debt

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Amount of sleep needed-amount you actually got= sleep debt

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5
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What can sleep debt lead too

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leads to obesity
makes you more susceptible to viral infections

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6
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What is the importance of the pineal gland

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Apart of the endocrine system
controls melatonin

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7
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How does the pineal gland work

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Photo sensitive (what our eyes see switches pituitary on and off)
releases melatonin into the blood stream
Turned on- Melatonin released
Turned- off- Wide awake

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8
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How long is a full sleep cycle

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90 minutes

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9
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What machine can measure stages of sleep

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EEG

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10
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Define alpha waves

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onset of sleep
when relaxed, start of sleep

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11
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Define beta waves

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awake, brain active

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12
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What happens when you are starting to fall asleep

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Mild hallucinations, feeling of falling

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13
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As the night progresses we spend more time in ______ and less time in ______

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We spend more time in REM and less time in stages 3 and 4

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14
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Define stage 1 of sleep and how long it lasts

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Awake/asleep
Only a few minutes each night

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15
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Define Theta waves

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introduces sleep

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16
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Day dreaming is apart of which sleep stage

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stage 1

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17
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Define stage 2 of sleep

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More theta waves progressively slower
Sleep spindles (short bursts of rapid brain waves)

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18
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What is k-complex

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waves seen during the 2nd sleep stage

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19
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Define stage 3 and 4

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Vital for restoring body’s growth hormone and good overall health
Groggy
Muscles/tissue repair. hormones restored

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20
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Define Delta waves

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slow and deep waves during 3/4 sleep stage

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21
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Define REM sleep

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Rapid eye movement
Brain is very active, body essentially paralyzed
Paradoxical sleep (never existed)

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22
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Define REM rebound

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Not getting enough sleep (not getting to all the steps)

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23
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Define Consciousness

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Levels of awareness about ourselves and our environment
Immediate awareness

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24
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Is consciousness science based

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no

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25
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Define Preconscious

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information made easily available (conscious)

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26
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Define unconscious

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Not available
Below the iceberg

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27
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Define cognitive neuroscience

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Study of the brain activity dealing with the perception, thinking, memory, and language

28
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Define selective attention

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Focused on something (what is deemed important)

29
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Define the cocktail-party effect

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Focusing on one thing while 30 other sounds are going on

30
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Define 2 parts of dual processing

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Conscious (high-track)
Unconscious (low track)

31
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Define the high track mind

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Take deliberate actions
We know what we are doing

32
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Define the low track mind

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Perform automatic actions without being aware

33
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Define blind sight

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eye balls are fine and work, however the brain cannot decode what the eyes are telling you

34
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How does blind sight work

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you cannot see but can sense objects (info is transferred to thalamus from occipital)

35
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What are the 2 types of insomnia

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Primary insomnia: unknown reason
Secondary insomnia: known reasons

36
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Define narcolepsy

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suffers from sleeplessness and may fall asleep at unpredictable times
They fall directly to REM

37
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Define sleep apnea

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Breathing stops during sleep
Can be fatal

38
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Who is most common to have sleep apnea

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heavy males

39
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Define night terrors

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Wakes up screaming
They have no idea what happened
Occurs during NREM
Drastic bodily changes

40
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Are night terrors and nightmares the same

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no

41
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Define Nightmares

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occurs during REM, second half of the night
Mild physiological changes
Vivid images
Occurs during REM sleep

42
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Define somnambulism

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Sleep walking
Occurs during the first few hours of stage 4
If they have night terrors they are more likely to sleep walk.

43
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Define freud’s theory of dreams

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wish-fulfillment
Manifest content and Latent content

44
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Difference between manifest and latent content

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Manifest content: Story line of the dream
Latent content: Underlying meaning of the dream

45
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Define neural activation theory of dreams

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Cortex trying to interpret random electrical activity while sleeping
Why dreams sometimes make no sense

46
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What system is active during the activation theory

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Limbic system is active but the frontal lobe is inactive

47
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Define biological theory

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also known as information-processing theory
dreams are a way of dealing with stresses
tend to dream more when stressed

48
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Define psychoactive drugs

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small enough to pass through

49
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Define tolerance

A

The body gets used to the drugs effects
Its the main cause of overdose

50
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Define stimulus drugs

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They speed up body processes (heart rate, BP)

51
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What types of drugs are stimulus drugs

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Cocaine
Nicotine
Caffeine

52
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Define Depressant drugs

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Suppress CNS
Suppresses dreams

53
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What types of drugs are depressants

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Alcohol
Tranquilizers
Barbiturates

54
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Define hallucinogens

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Psychedelics
Changes in perception and reality

55
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What types or drugs are hallucinogens

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LSD, peyote, poilocytoin, mushrooms, marijuana

56
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Define reverse tolerance

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keen to effects, you are more noticeable to effects

57
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Define synergistic effect

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mixing different drugs makes a bigger effect
Multiplier

58
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Define synergy

A

working off of each other

59
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Where does opiates come from

A

poppy plant

60
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What drugs are opiates

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morphine
heroin
methadone
codeine

61
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Define hypnosis

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altered state
young-boys with fantasy life are more susceptible

62
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Define posthypnotic suggestion

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you are getting every sleepy

63
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Define posthypnotic amnesia

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not remembering what happened

64
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Define hypnotic theory

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Also known as role theory
not an altered state
they want to believe
works better with people with fantasy lives

65
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Define state theory

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Altered state of conscious
drastic health benefits
works for pain best

66
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Define dissociation theory

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separating mind form the body
voluntarily divides consciousness

67
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Define hidden observer

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chaperone
makes sure you are not going to do something out of character

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