Midterm Review STATES OF CONCIOUSNESS AND LEARNING

Question 1

Sleep apnea

Answer 1

Stop breathing during sleep (no slow wave sleep), causes fatigue, depressions momentarily wakes throughout the night

Question 2

Narcolepsy

Answer 2

Uncontrollable sleep attacks (overwhelming sleepiness, usually less than 5 minutes at a time)

Question 3

Insomnia

Answer 3

Recurring problems in falling/ staying asleep

Question 4

Somnambulism

Answer 4

Sleepwalking

Question 5

Night Terrors

Answer 5

Mostly in children, sit up, walk around, talk, increased heart rate, look terrified, NREM 3, not remeberef

Question 6

NREM1/ light sleep

Answer 6

Transition, slowed breathing, and irregular brain waves, hypnagogic sensations (falling, floating), alpha waves

Question 7

NREM2/ light sleep

Answer 7

20 minutes, sleep spindles, light sleep, can still be awakened

Question 8

NREM3&4/ Deep/ delta sleep

Answer 8

30 minutes, slow wave sleep: large, slow delta waves, hard to wake,

Question 9

REM/ Paradoxical sleep

Answer 9

Arousal twitches, 10 minutes, brain waves become rapid and saw-toothed, like nearly awake sleep, heart rate rises, breathing becomes rapid and irregular, eyes dart around, limbs paralyzed, dreaming