Sleep/Consciousness vocab

Question 1

Awareness of self and environment

Answer 1

Consciousness

Question 2

Physiological fluctuations of our bodies (temperature, Digestion, Blood pressure, for homeostasis)

Answer 2

Biological Rhythms

Question 3

24 hour cycle of wakefulness

Answer 3

Circadian Rhythms

Question 4

Happen more than once a day (stages of sleep, cycle in and out repeatedly)

Answer 4

Ultradian Rhythms

Question 5

Once a month or season (Bear hibernation, women period)

Answer 5

Infradian Rhythms

Question 6

Expressing our true wishes unacceptable in waking life

Answer 6

Freud’s wish-fulfillment theory

Question 7

Helps us sift through memories for storage

Answer 7

Information processing

Question 8

Preserves neural pathways

Answer 8

Psychological functions

Question 9

Attempt to make sense of random neural firing

Answer 9

Activation synthesis

Question 10

Dream to our level of intelligence

Answer 10

Cognitive development

Question 11

Recurring problems of falling asleep/staying asleep

Answer 11

Insomnia

Question 12

Temporarily stop breathing during sleep

Answer 12

Sleep apnea

Question 13

Uncontrollable sleep attacks (Directly to REM sleep)

Answer 13

Narcolepsy

Question 14

Sleep walking (stage 3/4)

Answer 14

Somnambulism

Question 15

Active nightmares (stage 3/4)

Answer 15

Night terrors

Question 16

teeth grinding (stage 3/4)

Answer 16

Bruxism

Question 17

Bed wetting (stage 3/4)

Answer 17

Enuresis

Question 18

(stage 1 or 2) Sudden jerking of body parts

Answer 18

Myoclonus

Question 19

Social interaction making us more suggestable (perceptions, feelings, thoughts, behaviors)

Answer 19

Hypnosis

Question 20

Others influence our suggestibility

Answer 20

Social Motivation Theory

Question 21

Consciousness splits so we’re unaware of things (alcohol, lower inhibitions, disconnect)

Answer 21

Divided consciousness theroy

Question 22

1.body needs it
2.you think you need it

Answer 22

1.physiological
2.psychological

Question 23

Discomfort/distress with stopping use

Answer 23

Withdrawal

Question 24

Reduced response to consistent use requiring more

Answer 24

Tolerance

Question 25

Reduce neural activity and slow body function

Answer 25

Depressants

Question 26

Excite neural activity and speed up body functions

Answer 26

Stimulants

Question 27

Psychedelic (mind-manifesting) drugs that distort perceptions without sensory input

Answer 27

Hallucinogens

Question 28

Stage 1?

Answer 28

1- Easily awakened 2- No more than five minutes 3- We can have dream like sensations

Question 29

Stage 1 brain wave?

Answer 29

Alpha waves ( Regular Awake into irregular waves)

Question 30

Stage 2?

Answer 30

1- Lasts about 20 minutes 2- Spend half of your overall sleep here

Question 31

Stage 2 brain waves?

Answer 31

Spindles: little brain wave bursts

Question 32

Stage 3?

Answer 32

1- Begins approximately 30 minutes after falling asleep 2- Stage 3 + 4 is slow wave sleep

Question 33

Stage 3 brain waves?

Answer 33

Delta waves (slow waves)

Question 34

Stage 4?

Answer 34

1- 1st time last about 30 minutes 2- Stages 1-4 = N-REM

Question 35

Stage 4 brain waves?

Answer 35

1- Delta wave 2- Brain waves slow to less than 1 cycle per second (Compared to 15 waves in one second when awake)

Question 36

REM sleep

Answer 36

1- Full name: Rapid Eye Movement 2- Paradoxical sleep (larger muscles are paralyzed)

Question 37

REM brain waves?

Answer 37

1- Stage one two three/four two one REM is one cycle that lasts 90 minutes 2- By second or third cycle, we stop going into stage 3/4 3- Last 4 hours spend between stage 2 and REM 4- Brain waves match being awake