Chapter 5.2 - Sleep and Dreaming Flashcards
Why are dreams considered an Altered State of Conciousness?
Because they involve a transformation of experience that is so radical.
__________ Rhythm is a natuurally occuring 24-hour _____ of Sleeping and _______.
Circadian, cycle, waking
A stage of sleep charachterized by rapid eye movements.
REM Sleep
What type of EEG patterns show when you are awake?
Beta Waves
What type of EEG Patterns show when you are relaxed or drowsy?
Alpha Waves
What type of EEG Patterns show when you are in Sleep Stage 1?
Theta Waves
What type of EEG Patterns show when you are in Sleep Stage 2?
Sleep Spindle and K Complex
What type of EEG Patterns show when you are in Sleep Stage 3/4?
Delta Waves
What type of EEG Patterns show when you are in REM Sleep?
Fast Random Sawtooh Waves
Can you Identify the names of each EEG Patterns During the Stages of Sleep?
Answer Key
Sleep Stages throughout the night Example 1
Example 2
What is the relationship between sleeping and learning?
REM Sleep deprivation has been directly linked to memory as well as aggressive behavior.
The most common sleep disorder among adult is _________, difficulty in falling asleep.
Insomnia
Sleeping Disorder in which an individual stops breathing for brief periods while asleep.
Sleep Apnea
___________, commonly called sleepwalking, is where a person arise and walks around while asleep.
Somnambulism
Is it safe to wake a sleepwalker?
Yes! Take them back to bed.
Less common sleep disorder in which a sudden sleep attacks occur during waking activities.
Narcolepsy
_____ _________ is the experience of waking up unable to move.
Sleep Paralysis
Abrupt awakenings with panic and intense emotional arousal that usually occur during NREM sleep are ______ ________.
Night Terrors
Dream Consciousness can be distinguished from the waking state in ____ major ways.
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In Dream Consciousness we intensely feel _______, whether is be bliss, terror, love or awe.
Emotion
In Dream Consciousness ________ is illogical. Continuities of time, place and person don’t apply. No Travel Time. Identity changes between scenes, etc.
Thought
In Dream Consciousness _______ is fully formed and meaningful; visual is predominant, you may experience sound, touch and movement. Experiencing pain is uncommon.
Sensation
In Dream Consciousness occurs with _________ ____________, meaning our bizarre images and events seem perfectly normal.
Uncritical Acceptance
We have _________ _____________ Dream Conciousness. Usually the memory of a dream will disappear within a few minutes,
Difficulty Remembering.
Name the different Dream Theories:
Freudian, Feature Return of Suppressed Thoughts, Activation-Synthesis Model
The _________ Dream Theory suggests that dreams represent wishes, good or bad, but leaves and infinite number of interpretations.
Freudian Dream Theory
There is evidence that shows the _________ _________ Dream Theory to be true due to a study in which participants were asked to execute thought suppression of a person prior to sleep and then reported the most dreams about the person they had chosen.
Suppressed Thoughts Theory
_________-__________ ______ Dream Theory proposes that dreams are produced when the mind attempts to make sense of random neural activity that occurs in the brain during sleep.
Activation-Synthesis Model
How do the Freudian and the Activation-Synthesis Model differ significantly? In the significance they place on the meaning of dreams.\
In Freud’s theory, dreams begin with meaning. In the activation theory they begin randomly and then take meaning as we try to interpret them.
Globally studies have shown that a majority of students take the ___________ Dream Theory over others.
Freudian Dream Theory
During REM Sleep there are 4 areas of the brain activated, they are:
Motor Cortex, Amygdala, Brain Stem and The Visual Association Area.
During REM Sleep, unlike waking conciousness, the ________ _______ is deactivated. Since this area is associated with planning and decision making, it makes sense that dreams often seem unplanned and are full of rambling.
Prefrontal Cortex
