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Psych U5M24
sleep deprivation, disorders, and dreams
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| what are 4 effects of sleep deprivation | slower learning, fattening, suppressed immune system, irritable |
| sleep disorders | syndromes characterized by a disturbance in sleep |
| sleep walking | purposeful walking while in a deep stage of sleep |
| nightterrors | happen more in deep sleep; NREM3; cannot remember |
| how are night terrors different? | they occur in NREM3 as opposed to nightmare's REM |
| insomnia | inability to sleep |
| sleep apnea | breathing interruption during sleep |
| what problems are associated with sleep apnea? | sleep deprivation, loud snores |
| narcolepsy | falling asleep at inappropriate times into REM sleep |
| dreams | mental activity that takes place while we are sleeping |
| lucid dreaming | know you are dreaming and can control it |
| freudian interpretation | dreams reflect a person's unconscious wishes and urges; symbolic |
| manifest content | the literal story |
| latent content | the underlying meaning (most important) |
| describe 3 beliefs of the function of dreams | dreams help to keep memories, activate neurons, and reflect cognitive development |
| cataplexy | muscles become paralyzed (in REM); narcolepsy |
| biopsychological view | dreams begin with biological activity; brain uses everyday matters to give structure to the random bursts of neurons |
| what is another name for the biopsychological view and what is its basic belief? | AKA synthesis; dreams have no meaning |
| information processing model | the brain deals with daily stress and info with the function of integrating the info into our memories |
| what happens when we integrate info into our memories | we preserve neural pathways |