Unit 5 Exam Flashcards
Stage 1 sleep
Light sleep
Possible hallucinations
Low respirations blood pressure and pulse
Stage 2 sleep
Light sleep
Easy to wake up
Falling sensation
Sleep spindles on eeg
Stage 3
Deep sleep
Delta waves
Stage 4
Deep sleep with delta waves
Need to feel rested
REM sleep
Rapid eye movement
Stage with dreams
Hand/ face spasms
Rem vs NREM
NREM- Stages 1-4 sleep
REM sleep- lots of activity
Aka paradoxal sleep bc body is paralyzed
Insomnia
Recurring problems in falling/ staying asleep
Narcolepsy
Uncontrollable sleep attacks
Sleep Apnea
Most dangerous
Loss of breathing in sleep/ repeated awakenings
Night Terrors
High arrousal/ fear while sleeping
Only in stage 4 sleep
Sleepwalking
Incorporate dreams into real life
Aka somnambulism
Define dream
Sequence of images, emotions, and thougts passing through a sleeping persons mind
Dependence
Psychological need marked by withdrawal
Tolerance
Diminishing affect by same dose of drug
Requires larger dosage to experience drug
Withdrawl
Discomfort following discontinuing drug use
Define deppressnts
Decrease activity in central nervous system
Examples of deppressants
Alcohol
Barbiturates (tranquilizer)
Opiates (lessen pain)
Stepping stone to heroin
Effects of depressants
Most preventable form of retardation in babys
Slows neural processing/memory
Reduced awareness and control
Stimulants defenition
Increase activity in central nervous system
Examples of stimulants
Crystal meth Nicotine Cocaine Caffeine Ecstacy
Effects of stimulants
Bad teeth
Reduce dopamine levels
Increase HR/BP
Relax
Hallucinogens
Create hallucionations
Examples of hallucinogens
Paoti- religious
Marijuana- mild
Prescribed medically
Freuds Wish Fulfillment Theory
We dream to satisfy our wishes
Information processing theory
We dream to process and store information
Psychological function of dreams
To develop and preserve neural pathways
Activation Symthesis
To make sense of neural firings
random visuals
Cognitive development
To reflect on the day
REM rebound
Amount of rem sleep increases each stage
Define hypnosis
Social interactions where a hypnotist suggests a subjects certain perceptions, feelings, thoughts or spontaneous behavior
Characteristics of people likely to be hypnotized
Biological susceptibility or specific unconscious behaviors
Socio cultural acceptance
Consciousness
The mental experience that arises from sensation and perception
Difference between unconscious and subconscious
Unconscious- sexual and aggressive urges
Subconscious- where mental processing outside awareness, occurs
Conscious level
Events and mental processes you are aware of
Preconscious
Processes events easily acesses
Nonconscious
Totally removed from awarebess
Circadian rythmn
24 hour body clock pattern
Sleep theories
Protects safety (caveman)
Recuperate, restore, repair
Remember days memories
growth: released by pituitary gland (teens and babies need most sleep)
Age regression
The ability to recover childhood experiences/ act their age
Posthypnotic suggestion
A suggestion made while subject is hypnotized to be carried out after the sessions
Characteristics of someone susstible to hypnosis
Willing Ability to focus Ignore dostractions Active imagination Tendency to fantasize Capactiy to quickly process info
Consciousness
Mental experience that arises from sensation and perception
Why do people sleep
Protection (caveman)
Recuperate/ repair brain tissue
remember
Grow
Teenagers need most sleep
Dream theories
Activation- dream is activeness in rem sleep
Problem solving- reflect our concerns
Wish fulfillment- what we want
Pyschopharmacology
Study of pyschoactive drugs
How do pyschoactive drugs affect the brain
Cross brain blood barrier
Affects negative interactions with neurotransmitters
Psychological vs physical dependence
Pyscho- keep state of well being
Physical- to prevent withdrawl
