Chapter 5.2 - Sleep and Dreaming

Question 1

Why are dreams considered an Altered State of Conciousness?

Answer 1

Because they involve a transformation of experience that is so radical.

Question 2

__________ Rhythm is a natuurally occuring 24-hour _____ of Sleeping and _______.

Answer 2

Circadian, cycle, waking

Question 3

A stage of sleep charachterized by rapid eye movements.

Answer 3

REM Sleep

Question 4

What type of EEG patterns show when you are awake?

Answer 4

Beta Waves

Question 5

What type of EEG Patterns show when you are relaxed or drowsy?

Answer 5

Alpha Waves

Question 6

What type of EEG Patterns show when you are in Sleep Stage 1?

Answer 6

Theta Waves

Question 7

What type of EEG Patterns show when you are in Sleep Stage 2?

Answer 7

Sleep Spindle and K Complex

Question 8

What type of EEG Patterns show when you are in Sleep Stage 3/4?

Answer 8

Delta Waves

Question 9

What type of EEG Patterns show when you are in REM Sleep?

Answer 9

Fast Random Sawtooh Waves

Question 10

Can you Identify the names of each EEG Patterns During the Stages of Sleep?

Answer 10

Answer Key

Question 11

Sleep Stages throughout the night Example 1

Answer 11

Example 2

Question 12

What is the relationship between sleeping and learning?

Answer 12

REM Sleep deprivation has been directly linked to memory as well as aggressive behavior.

Question 13

The most common sleep disorder among adult is _________, difficulty in falling asleep.

Answer 13

Insomnia

Question 14

Sleeping Disorder in which an individual stops breathing for brief periods while asleep.

Answer 14

Sleep Apnea

Question 15

___________, commonly called sleepwalking, is where a person arise and walks around while asleep.

Answer 15

Somnambulism

Question 16

Is it safe to wake a sleepwalker?

Answer 16

Yes! Take them back to bed.

Question 17

Less common sleep disorder in which a sudden sleep attacks occur during waking activities.

Answer 17

Narcolepsy

Question 18

_____ _________ is the experience of waking up unable to move.

Answer 18

Sleep Paralysis

Question 19

Abrupt awakenings with panic and intense emotional arousal that usually occur during NREM sleep are ______ ________.

Answer 19

Night Terrors

Question 20

Dream Consciousness can be distinguished from the waking state in ____ major ways.

Answer 20

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Question 21

In Dream Consciousness we intensely feel _______, whether is be bliss, terror, love or awe.

Answer 21

Emotion

Question 22

In Dream Consciousness ________ is illogical. Continuities of time, place and person don’t apply. No Travel Time. Identity changes between scenes, etc.

Answer 22

Thought

Question 23

In Dream Consciousness _______ is fully formed and meaningful; visual is predominant, you may experience sound, touch and movement. Experiencing pain is uncommon.

Answer 23

Sensation

Question 24

In Dream Consciousness occurs with _________ ____________, meaning our bizarre images and events seem perfectly normal.

Answer 24

Uncritical Acceptance

Question 25

We have _________ _____________ Dream Conciousness. Usually the memory of a dream will disappear within a few minutes,

Answer 25

Difficulty Remembering.

Question 26

Name the different Dream Theories:

Answer 26

Freudian, Feature Return of Suppressed Thoughts, Activation-Synthesis Model

Question 27

The _________ Dream Theory suggests that dreams represent wishes, good or bad, but leaves and infinite number of interpretations.

Answer 27

Freudian Dream Theory

Question 28

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.

Answer 28

Suppressed Thoughts Theory

Question 29

_________-__________ ______ 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.

Answer 29

Activation-Synthesis Model

Question 30

How do the Freudian and the Activation-Synthesis Model differ significantly? In the significance they place on the meaning of dreams.\

Answer 30

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.

Question 31

Globally studies have shown that a majority of students take the ___________ Dream Theory over others.

Answer 31

Freudian Dream Theory

Question 32

During REM Sleep there are 4 areas of the brain activated, they are:

Answer 32

Motor Cortex, Amygdala, Brain Stem and The Visual Association Area.

Question 33

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.

Answer 33

Prefrontal Cortex