effects of partial sleep

Question 1

sleep deprivation

Answer 1

described as a state caused by inadequate quantity or quality of sleep, voluntary or involuntary

Question 2

partial sleep deprivation

Answer 2

involves having less sleep that what is normally required.
- occur periodically or persistently over short or long term
- sleep disorders are associated with partial sleep deprivation

Question 3

total sleeo deprovation

Answer 3

involves not having any sleep at all over a short term or long term period
e.g. awake for more thank days or weeks

Question 4

factors that effect partial sleep deprivation

Answer 4

• amount of total sleep loss
• nature of the sleep loss
• when the sleep loss occurs
• why it occurs
  -frequency
• period of time which sleep deprivation occurs
• personal characteristics of the individual

Question 5

sleep debt

Answer 5

accumulated amount of sleep loss from insufficient sleep. described as the difference between the amount of sleep that is needed to function at an optimal level and the amount a person actually gets

Question 6

affective functioning

Answer 6

• strong link between inadequate sleep adn the ability to control emotions
• compromises ability to process emotional info and regulate emotional response
• may overreact to trivial matters and have amplified emotional responses

Question 7

behavioural functioning

Answer 7

• main effect is excessive sleepiness (sleep inertia)
• reaction time is slower (cognitive and motor functions impaired)
• can lapse into a micro sleep (brief period of sleep lasting for a few seconds)

Question 8

cognitive functioning

Answer 8

• impacts attention, reduced alertness, learning and memory processes, ability to think clearly
• need more time to analyse and respond, may lose situational awareness, can be irrational
• performance on simple tasks is more impaired than in complex task

Question 9

sleep disturbance

Answer 9

• refer to any sleep related problem that disrupts an individual’s normal sleep wake cycle
• including problems with sleep onset, waking form sleep and abnormal behaviour occurring during sleep

Question 10

sleep disorder

Answer 10

• temporary, occasional or persistent
• if sleep disturbance regular disrupts sleep, causing distress or impairment in important areas of everyday life during normal waking hours, then it is usually referred to as a sleep disorder

Question 11

primary vs secondary sleep disorder

Answer 11

• primary is when the sleep disorder that cannot be attributed to another conditioned, the sleep is not a consequence of another condition.
  “ sleep disorder is the main or ‘primary’, cause of the sleep problem
• secondary involves a prominent sleep problem that is a by product of another condition.
  “in this case, the sleep problem is ‘secondary’ to something else - another underlying condition