Chapter 4 Flashcards
awareness of internal and external stimuli, such as feelings of hunger and pain of detection of light
Consciousness
High levels of sensory awareness, thought, and behavior
Wakefulness
biological rhythm that occurs approximately 24 hours
circadian rhythm
The brain control of switching between sleep and wakefulness as well as coordinating this cycle with the outside world
Sleep regulation
symptoms of resulting from the mismatch between our internal circadian cycles and our environment
Jetlag
work schedule that changes from early to late on the daily/weekly
Rotating shift work
result of this insufficient sleep on a chronic basis
Sleep debt
A sleep deprived individual will tend to take a short time to fall sleep during subsequent opportunities for sleeping
Sleep rebound
Relatively low frequency, relatively high attitude, synchronized
Alpha
Low frequency, low attitude
Theta
Low frequency, high attitude, desynchronized
delta
rapid burst of high frequency brain waves
Sleep spindles
Very high aptitude pattern of brain activity
k–complexes
The actual content of the dream
Manifest content
The hidden meaning of the dream
Latent content
theoretical respiratory of information, shared by all people across cultures
Collective unconscious
Certain aspects of wakefulness are maintained during a dreaming state. A person becomes aware that they are dreaming.
Lucid dreams
defined by difficulty following are staying asleep for at least three nights a week for at least one month time
Insomnia
