Intro To Psychology Flashcards
Roles of a psychologist
- Conduct research
- Counselling
- Assessing and treating people with mental disorders
Types of psychology
Community - works with individuals, community groups and organisations to help improve health and welfare of people in the community
Forensic - works with people in legal and criminal justice settings
Organisational - helps people in work places
How to become a psychologist
- complete VCE or equivalent
- complete 4 year bachelor degree
- masters degree (2 yrs) - PhD (3 yrs) OR probation: 2 years work supervised
- register with PRBV
Responsibilities of a psychologist
Competence - only deal with cases they are specialised in
Privacy & Confidentiality - respect the privacy of the client
Propriety - not aloud to exploit or take advantage of their client. That them with dignity
Sleep
A state of conscientious where the individual is unresponsive to external factors
Why we sleep
- Our body needs to rest to function properly
- Repair damaged brain cells
- Conserve our energy for the day
REM
- Rapid eye movement
- Fluctuated heart rate
- Fluctuated breathing rate
- High & fast brainwave activity
- Fully relaxed voluntary muscles
NREM
- Very little eye movement
- Slow & regular brainwave activity
- Regular heart rate
- Regular breathing rate
- Some movement of voluntary muscles
No sleep
Hallucinations
How much sleep do we need
Infants (0-2 weeks) : 16-18 Babies (14-15 weeks) : 14-15 Young children (3-5 years) : 10-12 Teenagers : 9-10 Adults : 7-8 Elderly : 6-7
Sleep talking
The sleeper talks in their sleep. Generally, they don’t make much sense.
Sleep walking
A sleep disturbance where people walk and carry out daily activities while they are asleep
Sleep eating
The sleeper binge eats during sleep. They have no recollection of it on waking
REM Behaviour Disorder
- Sleepers do not reach muscle atonia (paralysis)
- Generally act out dreams while lying done.
- Thrashing around of their limbs, can cause injury to person or sleep partner
Sleep paralysis
- Opposite to REM Behaviour Disorder to a certain extent.
- On waking from REM suddenly your muscles do not come out of atonia.
- Can be very scary.
