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Conciousness and Sleep Chap 5 Flashcards

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Consciousness

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Our, awareness,perceptions and experiences.

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circadian rhythyms

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biological rhythms with the 24 hour time.

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light entrainments

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  1. ganglion cells
  2. supnachiasmatic nucleus
  3. release of melatonin
  4. melatonin accumulates with darkness
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Endogenous rhythms

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biological rhythms generated by our body

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restore and repair

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sleep to repair and restore our bodies, “physiological housekeeping”

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preserve and protect

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sleep protects us from harm and preserves energy

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stages of sleep / stage 1

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Breathing, heart rate decreases

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stages of sleep / stage 2

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less responsive

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stages of sleep / stage 3 and 4

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brain activity slows down

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REM Sleep

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associated with dreaming and same as awake state

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Beta waves

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“awake”

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Alpha waves

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“Drowsy State”

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Characteristics of sleep deprivation?

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  • more readily falls asleep
  • cranky
  • attention deficits
  • reading/studying feels impossible
  • micro sleeps
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Costs of sleep deprivation?

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  • emotional deficits
  • incrrease of car accidents
  • doctors make more errors on longer shifts
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Sleep Displacement

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A shift of when we sleep. Ex: Jet lag and daylight saving time.

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Sigmund Freud

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Argued that are dreams were wish fufilment

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Manifest Content

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the images and stories of our dreams

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Latent content

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The symbolic meaning of our dreams

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Activation-Synthesis

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when we sleep, our brain sends signals to our cortex

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Problem-solving theory

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what we drream is related to our awake state

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Stress hormones

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Activate durng day and effect dream memorability

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onset insomnia

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difficulty falling asleep

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maintenance insomnia

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difficulty returning to sleep

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terminal insomnia

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waking up to early

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primary insomnia
due to wrries
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secondary insomnia
due to drug use
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nightmares
negative emotional content dreams
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night terrors
waking up in an intense state of panic
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Restless legs
Always moving their positioning
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REM Behaviour
Acting out drreams physically
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somnabulism
wandering and performing activities while asleep
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sleep apnea
always get obstructed, difficulty breathing during sleep
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narcolepsy
difficulty controlling when/ what time they sleep
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Hypnosis
a highly relaxed state
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ideomotor
actions to be performed
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challenge
actions to not be performed
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cognitive - perceptual
to remember or forget
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Dissociation theory
Losing track of surroundings and time. "Autopilot" and "reading books"
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Social - cognitive theory
Emphasizes beliefs and expectations contribute to sugestibillaty
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Uses of Hypnosis
- medical treatment - acute pain relief - recovery of false memories
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mind wandering
an unintentional redirection of our attention
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default mode network
series of structures in brain that are activated when resting
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Glasgow coma scale
Checklist to measure basic responses
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brain death
zero activity in brain
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coma
complete loss of consciousness
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persistent uegetative state (PVS)
minimal to no consciousness
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PVS patients
- show signs of consciousness - MRI scans shows brain activity
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Minamilly concious state
show behaviours that suggest partial consciousness
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locked-in syndrome
concious, normal emotions but paralyzed. Ex: "Stephen Hawking"
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Drugs
Affect neurotransmitter / blocks the brain
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Nucleus accubens
rich in dopamine releasing cells
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Tolerance
The more you take, the more you need
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Physical Dependance
the need to take a drug, experiencing withdrawls
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psychological dependance
the need to take a drug, to ward off negative emotions
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Context - depndant
anticipatory drug response. "Anticipating a drug"
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Stimulants
Speed up nervous system. Increased - Euphoria - Energy - Dopamine - Serotonin
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Physical Deteriation
- neglected hygiene - toxic ingrediants
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Cognitive deteriation
- Structural abnormalities - decrease in emotion

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