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Conciousness and Sleep Chap 5 Flashcards

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Consciousness

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Our, awareness,perceptions and experiences.

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circadian rhythyms

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biological rhythms with the 24 hour time.

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light entrainments

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  1. ganglion cells
  2. supnachiasmatic nucleus
  3. release of melatonin
  4. melatonin accumulates with darkness
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Endogenous rhythms

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biological rhythms generated by our body

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restore and repair

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sleep to repair and restore our bodies, “physiological housekeeping”

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preserve and protect

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sleep protects us from harm and preserves energy

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stages of sleep / stage 1

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Breathing, heart rate decreases

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stages of sleep / stage 2

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less responsive

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stages of sleep / stage 3 and 4

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brain activity slows down

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REM Sleep

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associated with dreaming and same as awake state

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Beta waves

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“awake”

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Alpha waves

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“Drowsy State”

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Characteristics of sleep deprivation?

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  • more readily falls asleep
  • cranky
  • attention deficits
  • reading/studying feels impossible
  • micro sleeps
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Costs of sleep deprivation?

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  • emotional deficits
  • incrrease of car accidents
  • doctors make more errors on longer shifts
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Sleep Displacement

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A shift of when we sleep. Ex: Jet lag and daylight saving time.

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Sigmund Freud

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Argued that are dreams were wish fufilment

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Manifest Content

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the images and stories of our dreams

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Latent content

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The symbolic meaning of our dreams

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Activation-Synthesis

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when we sleep, our brain sends signals to our cortex

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Problem-solving theory

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what we drream is related to our awake state

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Stress hormones

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Activate durng day and effect dream memorability

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onset insomnia

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difficulty falling asleep

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maintenance insomnia

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difficulty returning to sleep

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terminal insomnia

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waking up to early

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primary insomnia

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due to wrries

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secondary insomnia

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due to drug use

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nightmares

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negative emotional content dreams

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night terrors

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waking up in an intense state of panic

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Restless legs

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Always moving their positioning

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REM Behaviour

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Acting out drreams physically

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somnabulism

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wandering and performing activities while asleep

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sleep apnea

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always get obstructed, difficulty breathing during sleep

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narcolepsy

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difficulty controlling when/ what time they sleep

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Hypnosis

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a highly relaxed state

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ideomotor

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actions to be performed

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challenge

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actions to not be performed

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cognitive - perceptual

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to remember or forget

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Dissociation theory

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Losing track of surroundings and time. “Autopilot” and “reading books”

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Social - cognitive theory

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Emphasizes beliefs and expectations contribute to sugestibillaty

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Uses of Hypnosis

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  • medical treatment
  • acute pain relief
  • recovery of false memories
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mind wandering

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an unintentional redirection of our attention

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default mode network

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series of structures in brain that are activated when resting

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Glasgow coma scale

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Checklist to measure basic responses

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brain death

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zero activity in brain

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coma

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complete loss of consciousness

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persistent uegetative state (PVS)

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minimal to no consciousness

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PVS patients

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  • show signs of consciousness
  • MRI scans shows brain activity
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Minamilly concious state

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show behaviours that suggest partial consciousness

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locked-in syndrome

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concious, normal emotions but paralyzed. Ex: “Stephen Hawking”

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Drugs

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Affect neurotransmitter / blocks the brain

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Nucleus accubens

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rich in dopamine releasing cells

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Tolerance

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The more you take, the more you need

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Physical Dependance

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the need to take a drug, experiencing withdrawls

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psychological dependance

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the need to take a drug, to ward off negative emotions

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Context - depndant

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anticipatory drug response. “Anticipating a drug”

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Stimulants

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Speed up nervous system.
Increased
- Euphoria
- Energy
- Dopamine
- Serotonin

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Physical Deteriation

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  • neglected hygiene
  • toxic ingrediants
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Cognitive deteriation

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  • Structural abnormalities
  • decrease in emotion

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