PSYCH: Quiz 6?

Question 0

What are the two types of people when it comes to sleep?

Answer 0

• Morning Larks

- Night Owls

Question 1

Circadian Rhythm

Answer 1

-internal clock that governs our sleeping and waking cycles

Question 2

Why do we yawn?

Answer 2

To provide a tired brain with oxygen

Question 3

How often do people progress through the sleep cycle?

Answer 3

About every 90 min

Question 4

• Light sleep

- Hallucinations, hypnagogic sensations(feeling of falling), myoclonic jerks

Answer 4

Stage 1

Question 5

• Light to deeper

- Sleep talking

Answer 5

Stage 2

Question 6

• Transition to deep sleep

- Difficult to awaken

Answer 6

Stage 3

Question 7

• Deep sleep
• Sleepwalking
• Bed wetting

Answer 7

Stage 4

Question 8

• Brain is highly aroused… Looks like wakefulness BUT your body is paralyzed (motor cortex signals are blocked)
• highest quality sleep
• 10-20min
• rapid eye movement every 30 seconds

Answer 8

REM Stage 5

Question 9

How much sleep do we need?

Answer 9

Individual variation

Question 10

REM sleep is also known as…

Answer 10

Paradoxical sleep

Question 11

What is REM REBOUND sleep?

Answer 11

You’re so tired that you go straight into REM

Question 12

If sleeping unhindered, adults sleep how many hours?

Answer 12

9

Question 13

What does the brain keep track of?

Answer 13

Sleep debt: you need to pay it back

Question 14

What happens if you don’t pay back your sleep debt?

Answer 14

Enter a state of chronic sleep deprivation causing health consequences

Question 15

What is significant about how much sleep Americans get today v. How much sleep they used to get ?

Answer 15

Americans get less sleep today then they did before the light bulb was invented

Question 16

• difficulty falling asleep and staying asleep
• Most common
• Treatment: medicinal sleep aid, don’t exercise within two hours of when you plan on sleeping, no caffeine after 2:00pm, no screen time

Answer 16

Insomnia

Question 17

• falling asleep suddenly and randomly

- Treatment: medication

Answer 17

Narcolepsy

Question 18

• when a person stops breathing in their sleep
• Wake up frequently without knowing
• Leads to low quality sleep
• Correlated with obesity
• Treatment: CPAP machine

Answer 18

Sleep Apnea

Question 19

• panic attack in sleep
• Stage 4 (nightmares happen in REM)
• Usually outgrows

Answer 19

Night Terrors

Question 20

How does sleep loss effect us?

Answer 20

Lower quality of life:

• Raise blood pressure
• Lower immunity
• Stimulates cortisol, which stimulates fat production
• Diminishes creativity

Question 21

Why do we sleep?

Answer 21

• Physical and mental restoration
• Physical growth
• Memory formation

Question 22

What do we dream?

Answer 22

• Ordinary things
• Sometimes, dreams are a collage of the ordinary stuff
• External stimuli can work into your dream: alarm clock

Question 23

What are the 5 reasons we dream?

Answer 23

1. Wish fulfillment
2. Information processing(most common)
3. Clear neural pathways
4. Neural static
5. Cognitive growth