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What are the effects for sleep deprivation?

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-Weakened immune system; get sick faster
-heightened emotions
-less effective memory
-REM rebound; more REM next night, more susceptible to nightmares

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Biological clock

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Circadian cycles: sequence of behaviors and alertness during 24 hr period (dips and ups in alertness) works regardless of light and dark

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How does the suprachiasmatic nucleus (SCN) relate?

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Changes in light causes the SCN to signal the production or suppression of melatonin which makes you sleepy

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The 90 minute sleep cycle

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4-6 cycles each night

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Stage 1 NREM

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Still awake
-relaxed and begin to fall asleep

Time: lasts 5-20 min

-Drifting off-uneven heart rate, hallucinations, jerk and wake up

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Stage 2 NREM

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Theta waves
-Light sleeping

-where you spend most of your night

-Sleepspindles (random bursts of brain activity)
-sleep talking (can be in any stage)

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Stage 3 NREM

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Delta waves

-restorative period, how you get good sleep
-harder to wake up

Time: Lasts 30 mins

-Deepest stage of sleep
-night terrors, no memory of it
-release of growth hormones

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REM

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BETA waves

-similar to awake but body is paralyzed

Time: 15 min at the beginning, 45 min at end of cycle (so increase as night goes on)

-Rapid eye movement
-heart rate goes up
-breathing is irregular
-where you dream
-nightmares
-25 percent of average sleep

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Insomnia

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1 in 10 adults

Persistent problems in falling or staying asleep

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Narcolepsy

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1 in 2000; less common

Sudden attacks of overwhelming sleepiness regardless of how much you slept, usually lasts less than 5 mins

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Sleep Apnea

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1 in 20

Intermittently stop breathing during sleep- then waking up enough to snort in air for a few seconds, preventing slow-wave sleep (stage 3) not snoring

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Night terrors

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Primarily in children

Occurs during first few hours of sleep

Kids get up talk, scream and appear terrified- don’t remember it

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Sleep paralysis

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Body is paralyzed to prevent acting out the dream

Body does not realize you are awake and you stay paralyzed

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REM Behavior disorder

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lack of paralysis during REM stage. Causes people to act out their dream
-Not aware of surroundings, can fall out bed

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Parasomnia

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Skip stages and tries to go back to wake up
-involves unusual and undesirable physical events or experiences that disrupt your sleep
happens during stage 3

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Freud’s Wish-Fulfillment Theory

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Dreams are the fulfillment of wishes
-Do things you cannot do here in your dreams
-Dreams have hidden meaning from symbols that show up

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Information-Processing

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Dreams help us sort of the day’s event and consolidate recent memories
-Decides what info to store and toss, strengthens memories

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Physiological Function

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-Helps preserve neural pathways
-What you do in a dream strengthens those actions for use when awake

(If you run in your dream, you will run better in irl)

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Activation-Synthesis

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Random images that our brain makes into stories

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Cognitive Development

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Brain gives us problems to solve and figure out
-Dreams makes us better problem solves

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21
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What category is LSD in?

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Hallucinogen

22
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What category is Cocaine in?

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Stimulant

23
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What category is Alcohol in?

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Depressant

24
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What category is opiates in?

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Depressant

25
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What category is Nicotine in?

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Stimulant

26
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What category is amphetamines in?

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Stimulant

27
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What category is Barbiturates in?

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Depressant

28
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What category is Marijuana in?

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Hallucinogen

29
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What category is Caffeine in?

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Stimulant

30
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What category is Ecstasy in?

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Stimulant and Hallucinogen

31
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Cocaine

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provides 15-30 minute high followed by severe crash, depletes dopamine over time

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Opiates

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Affects bodies supply of endorphins

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Ecstasy

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Side effects include dehydration, can permanently damage serotonin production

produces euphoria and social intimacy

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THC

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Active ingredient in marijuana

35
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LSD

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Causes a variety of unpredictable responses from euphoria to detachment to panic

hallucinogen drug

36
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Nicotine

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Arousal and Relaxation simultaneously

37
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Barbiturates

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tranquilizers, reduces anxiety, impaired memory and judgement

38
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Amphetamines

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Accelerates body functions and associated energy + mood changes

39
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Near-death experience

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Altered state of consciousness after near death experience

40
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Hallucinogens

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Distort perceptions and evoke sensory images

41
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Withdrawal

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Effects of the drug wears off

42
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Tolerance

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Needing larger amounts of the drug to feel the effects

43
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Psychological dependence

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Relieve stress or negative emotions

44
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Physical dependence

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Adaptation to the drug that leads to pain and cravings

45
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Psychoactive Drugs

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Chemical substance that alters perceptions and mood

46
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The stage that is referred to Paradoxical Sleep is

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REM

47
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Slow wave sleep is what stage?

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Stage 3

48
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Circadian Rhythms are controlled, in part, by:

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Suprachiasmatic Nucleus

49
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Which theory focuses on biological maturation and physical processes in dreams?

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Physiological Functioning

50
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Freud believed that dreams have hidden meanings, he called the hidden meanings:

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Latent Content

51
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Most withdrawal symptoms are indicative of:

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Physical Dependence

52
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According to Freud, the remembered story line of a dream

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Manifest Content

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