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Unit 5 Exam Flashcards

1
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Stage 1 sleep

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Light sleep
Possible hallucinations
Low respirations blood pressure and pulse

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Stage 2 sleep

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Light sleep
Easy to wake up
Falling sensation
Sleep spindles on eeg

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3
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Stage 3

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Deep sleep

Delta waves

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Stage 4

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Deep sleep with delta waves

Need to feel rested

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5
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REM sleep

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Rapid eye movement
Stage with dreams
Hand/ face spasms

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6
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Rem vs NREM

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NREM- Stages 1-4 sleep
REM sleep- lots of activity
Aka paradoxal sleep bc body is paralyzed

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7
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Insomnia

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Recurring problems in falling/ staying asleep

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8
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Narcolepsy

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Uncontrollable sleep attacks

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9
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Sleep Apnea

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Most dangerous

Loss of breathing in sleep/ repeated awakenings

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10
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Night Terrors

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High arrousal/ fear while sleeping

Only in stage 4 sleep

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Sleepwalking

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Incorporate dreams into real life

Aka somnambulism

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12
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Define dream

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Sequence of images, emotions, and thougts passing through a sleeping persons mind

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13
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Dependence

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Psychological need marked by withdrawal

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14
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Tolerance

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Diminishing affect by same dose of drug

Requires larger dosage to experience drug

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15
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Withdrawl

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Discomfort following discontinuing drug use

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16
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Define deppressnts

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Decrease activity in central nervous system

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17
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Examples of deppressants

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Alcohol
Barbiturates (tranquilizer)
Opiates (lessen pain)
Stepping stone to heroin

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18
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Effects of depressants

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Most preventable form of retardation in babys
Slows neural processing/memory
Reduced awareness and control

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Stimulants defenition

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Increase activity in central nervous system

20
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Examples of stimulants

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Crystal meth
Nicotine
Cocaine
Caffeine
Ecstacy
21
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Effects of stimulants

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Bad teeth
Reduce dopamine levels
Increase HR/BP
Relax

22
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Hallucinogens

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Create hallucionations

23
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Examples of hallucinogens

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Paoti- religious
Marijuana- mild
Prescribed medically

24
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Freuds Wish Fulfillment Theory

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We dream to satisfy our wishes

25
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Information processing theory

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We dream to process and store information

26
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Psychological function of dreams

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To develop and preserve neural pathways

27
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Activation Symthesis

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To make sense of neural firings

random visuals

28
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Cognitive development

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To reflect on the day

29
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REM rebound

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Amount of rem sleep increases each stage

30
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Define hypnosis

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Social interactions where a hypnotist suggests a subjects certain perceptions, feelings, thoughts or spontaneous behavior

31
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Characteristics of people likely to be hypnotized

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Biological susceptibility or specific unconscious behaviors

Socio cultural acceptance

32
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Consciousness

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The mental experience that arises from sensation and perception

33
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Difference between unconscious and subconscious

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Unconscious- sexual and aggressive urges

Subconscious- where mental processing outside awareness, occurs

34
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Conscious level

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Events and mental processes you are aware of

35
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Preconscious

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Processes events easily acesses

36
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Nonconscious

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Totally removed from awarebess

37
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Circadian rythmn

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24 hour body clock pattern

38
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Sleep theories

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Protects safety (caveman)
Recuperate, restore, repair
Remember days memories
growth: released by pituitary gland (teens and babies need most sleep)

39
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Age regression

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The ability to recover childhood experiences/ act their age

40
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Posthypnotic suggestion

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A suggestion made while subject is hypnotized to be carried out after the sessions

41
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Characteristics of someone susstible to hypnosis

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Willing
Ability to focus
Ignore dostractions
Active imagination
Tendency to fantasize
Capactiy to quickly process info
42
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Consciousness

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Mental experience that arises from sensation and perception

43
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Why do people sleep

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Protection (caveman)
Recuperate/ repair brain tissue
remember
Grow

Teenagers need most sleep

44
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Dream theories

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Activation- dream is activeness in rem sleep
Problem solving- reflect our concerns
Wish fulfillment- what we want

45
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Pyschopharmacology

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Study of pyschoactive drugs

46
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How do pyschoactive drugs affect the brain

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Cross brain blood barrier

Affects negative interactions with neurotransmitters

47
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Psychological vs physical dependence

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Pyscho- keep state of well being

Physical- to prevent withdrawl

AP Pyschology (5 decks)

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