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Psych Quiz 3
dreams and sleep
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Types of Altered States | asleep, hypnosis, coma, drug induced, meditation, daydreams, hallucinations, anesthesia |
| Amount of time in Altered States over lifetime | 1/3 of your life |
| Stage 1 | body may twitch(falling), eyes roll, brief images, breathing becomes uneven, brain waves grow irregularly, lasts 10 minutes. |
| Stage 2 | eyes roll side to side, brain waves fluctuate between high and low voltages, 20-30 minutes |
| Stage 3 | deepest stage of sleep, regular delta waves indicate a person is in state of oblivion, night terrors/sleepwalking, don't remember anything, 30 minutes first cycle, 10 minutes last cycle, 1-1.5 hrs per night |
| REM (paradox) | muscles are paralyzed, eyes move rapidly, pulse rate increases, vivid and lengthy dreams, breathing becomes irregular, brain is active. |
| Electroencephalograph (EEG) | used to record electrical activity of the brain |
| Quiet Sleep | Stages 1,2,3, your brain is getting less active |
| Active Sleep | REM is this sleep, your brain is getting more active. |
| Dreams | mental activity during sleep |
| Freud | he said “dreams are the royal road to the unconscious mind”. Dreams are full of hidden meanings, others believed they had no purpose |
| Newborns | 16-18 Hours → 50% REM |
| 16-18 years old | 9-11 hours |
| Young adult (grad school age) | 8 hours |
| Average adult | 6-8 hours → 25% REM |
| Sleep Cycle | 1-2-3-2-1-REM=90min |
| Delta Waves | deep sleep |
| Alpha Waves | before your asleep, awake but relaxed |