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Psych Ch 3. Sleep
Sleep and Consciousness
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Consciousness | Subjective awareness of ourselves and our environment |
| Selective Attention | Focusing conscious awareness on a particular stimulus |
| Inattentional Blindness | Failing to see visible objects when attention is somewhere else |
| Change Blindness | Failing to notice changes in environment |
| States of Unconsciousness are? | Spontaneously, physiological, and psychologically |
| States of Unconsciousness: spontaneously | Daydreaming and drowsiness, flow, and dreaming |
| States of Unconsciousness: physiological | Hallucinations, orgasm, food and oxygen starvation |
| States of Unconsciousness: psychologically | Sensory deprivation, hypnosis, mediation |
| Dual Processing | Info is often simultaneously processed on separate conscious/unconscious tracks |
| Parallel Processing | Processing multiple aspects of a stimulus/problem simutaneouslt |
| Sequential Processing | Processing one aspect of stimulus/problem at a time. Used for new info |
| Circadian Rythym | Biological clock, regular bodily rhythms that occur on 24 hour cycle |
| REM Sleep | Rapid eye movement sleep, reoccurring sleep stage with vivid dreams, muscles are relaxed but other body systems are active |
| N1 Sleep | Hallucinations, fleeting images |
| N2 Sleep | Sleep spindles, aid memory processing |
| N3 Sleep | Deep sleep, delta waves |
| Why do we sleep? P,R,R,RM,CT,G | To protect, recuperate, restore and rebuild memories, creative thinking, and growth |
| What does sleep deprivation affect? H,M,BR/H,S,G,T | Hormones, metabolism, and brain response to hunger and stress and genes and temptation |
| What are the six sleep disorders? I,N,SA,SW,ST,NT | Insomnia, narcolepsy, sleep apnea, sleep walking, sleep talking, night terrors |
| Insomnia | Reoccurring problems in falling or staying asleep |
| Narcolepsy | Uncontrolled sleep attacks, make lapse to REM sleep |
| Sleep Apnea | Temporary cessations of breathing during sleep and momentary awakenings |
| Night Terrors | Not remembered, N3 Sleep |
| What two things increase problem of insomnia? | Sleeping pills and alcohol |
| How many dreams are marked by at least one negative event? | 8/10 |
| Why do we dream? W,M,D/P NP, NS, RCD | Satisfy our wishes, file away memories, develop and preserve neural pathways, and make sense of neural static, reflect cognitive development |
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