Psychology M.7

Question 1

Different levels of awareness of yourself and the world around you

Answer 1

Consciousness

Question 2

Requires focus/attention

Answer 2

Controlled processes

Question 3

Out of habit/less focus and attention required

Answer 3

Automatic processes

Question 4

ex: psychoactive drugs, meditation, and hypnosis

Answer 4

Altered states

Question 5

A part of our psyche that holds unwanted thoughts and feelings (Freud)

Answer 5

The unconscious

Question 6

Being unconscious

Answer 6

coma

Question 7

Statistic for average hours of sleep per night for American adults

Answer 7

31% sleep 7 to 7.9 hours

Question 8

Biological clock found in the SCN of the hypothalamus

Answer 8

Wake-sleep cycle

Question 9

SCN

Answer 9

-suprachiasmatic nucleus
-sensitive to light

Question 10

Length of sleep-wake cycles

Answer 10

24hrs and 18min (based on cave-dwelling study)

Question 11

Internal timing devices set to have various psychological responses occur at certain times

Answer 11

Biological clock

Question 12

Examples of biological clocks (TUM)

Answer 12

-body temperature (varies during day)
-urine production (every few hours)
-menstrual cycle (monthly)

Question 13

Bio clocks that are set to 24hr period (approximately)

Answer 13

Circadian rhythms

Question 14

Examples of circadian rhythms (TPC)

Answer 14

-body temperature
-blood pressure
-wake-sleep cycle

Question 15

Shift worker problems with CR

Answer 15

Staying awake when wake-sleep cycle says to sleep

Question 16

Jet lag problems with CR

Answer 16

Traveler’s CR is out of sync with external clock

Question 17

CR problems symptoms

Answer 17

-fatigue
-poor concentration and cognition

Question 18

Five stages of sleep

Answer 18

NREM 1,2,3,4 (non-rapid eye movement)
REM (rapid eye movement)

Question 19

NREM is responsible for ______ repair

Answer 19

Physical repair

Question 20

REM is responsible for ______ repair

Answer 20

Psychological repair (attention, mood, and memory)

Question 21

Stage in sleep:
-1 to 7 minutes
-transition sleep
-“I wasn’t sleeping”

Answer 21

NREM 1

Question 22

A
Stage in sleep:
-20 to 30 minutes
-100% asleep
-Disjointed thoughts ( mumbling, groggy, no memory of waking) if woken
-Decrease in HR, BP, and resp

Answer 22

NREM 2

Question 23

Stage in sleep:
-Few minutes to an hour
-Deepest sleep
-Physiologically slow down even more
-Growth hormone secreted
-Sleepwalking
-Night terrors in children

Answer 23

NREM 3 and 4

Question 24

Stage in sleep:
-Few minutes to an hour

Answer 24

REM

Question 25

NREM takes up ____% of sleep

Answer 25

80% of sleep

Question 26

Visual and bizarre themes when sleeping

Answer 26

Dreams

Question 27

NREM body symptoms

Answer 27

-Muscle tone in all body
-Decrease in HR, BP and resp

Question 28

NREM dreams?

Answer 28

No dreaming

Question 29

Freud’s “Why do we dream?”

Answer 29

-Psych censor drops
-Manifest (surface) meaning
-Latent (symbolic) meaning

Question 30

Activation synthesis theory

Answer 30

-Frontal lobe (cognitive control) activity decreases
-Limbic (emotional) and occipital (visual) activity increases

Question 31

Insomnia

Answer 31

Problems going to sleep or staying asleep

Question 32

Causes for insomnia

Answer 32

-Stressful events
-Worrying
-Shift work and change in sleep schedule
-Alcohol use

Question 33

Narcolepsy symptoms

Answer 33

-Excessive sleepiness
-Many brief episodes of REM sleep during day
-Loss muscle control
-Genetic cause

Question 34

REM takes up ____% of sleep

Answer 34

20% of sleep

Question 35

REM dreams?

Answer 35

Dreaming

Question 36

REM body symptoms

Answer 36

-Muscle paralysis (neck down)
-Increase in HR, BP, and resp

Question 37

REM rebound

Answer 37

After sleep deprivation, get more REM sleep than NREM

Question 38

Roller-coaster of sleep

Answer 38

-NREM 3 and 4 disappear towards the end of sleep
-REM sleep increases from a few minutes early on to an hour later