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Psychology Prelim Flashcards

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What is sleep apnea?

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In effective breathing throughout the night

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What happens when the person stops breathing?

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They wake up to resume normal breathing.

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What is a treatment for sleep apnea?

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Bedside oxygen mask

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What is insomnia?

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People who struggle to fall asleep or stay asleep

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What is primary insomnia?

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The reasons for the condition cannot be easily explained.

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What is secondary causes of insomnia?

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Illness, stress, pregnancy and substance abuse.

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What is a treatment for insomnia?

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Sleeping pills (temporary)

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What does the biological approach to sleep and dreams focus on?

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Biochemical processes such as genetic inheritance and hormone levels.

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What measures brain activity?

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EEG

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What does the SCN do?

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Gets info from nerves in the eye about whether its light or dark and releases melatonin to make us tired.

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What is the biological approach to dreams?

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Does not attach any meaning to dreams, explains them as random firing neurons.

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What is REM sleep?

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Rapid eye movement. When heart rate and breathing increases and we dream.

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What is Oswald 1966?

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The restoration theory

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What is the restoration theory?

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Claims that deep sleep is when the brain and body gets a biological rest.

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What is Crick and Mitchin 1983?

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Reorganisation theory

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What is the reorganisation theory?

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Main function of sleep is to reorganise in order to improve memory storage.

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What are the 3 types of conformity?

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Compliance, identification and internalisation

18
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What is compliance?

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When a person pretends to agree with the group while maintaining their own beliefs

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What is identification?

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The group has a deeper effect and now they agree with the group when theyre with the group.

20
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What is internalisation?

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When someone permanently adopts the behaviours and beliefs of a group

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What are the two motivations to conform?

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Informational and Normative

22
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What is informational?

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When uncertainty leads to the person adopting the behaviour of the group- they conform because they want to be right

23
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What is normative?

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When a person knows they are right but want to fit in with the group

24
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What is obedience?

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Normally involves a direct demand from an authority figure. Someone telling you what to do.

25
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How do you resist social pressure? (4 things)

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Sticking to your own beliefs and choices
Education
Role models
Support groups

26
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What is the biggest effect on obedience?

A

Adding peers

27
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What are the ethical guidelines?

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Protection
Consent
Deception 
Withdraw
Debriefing 
Confidentiality

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