Sleep and dreaming

Question 1

How long does one sleep cycle take?

Answer 1

90 minutes

Question 2

What is in 1 sleep cycle?

Answer 2

Stages 1-4 + REM

Question 3

What happens in stage 1:Sleep onset

Answer 3

Light sleep
Can be woken easily
Muscles less active

Question 4

What happens in stage 2:Late night

Answer 4

Eye movements drop
Body temperature drops
Heart rate slows

Question 5

What happens in stage 3:Deep sleep

Answer 5

Hard to be woken up

Question 6

What happens in stage 4:Deeper sleep

Answer 6

Very hard to be woken up
Where sleep walking occurs
Can feel very disorientated when woken up

Question 7

What happens in REM sleep?

Answer 7

Rapid eye movement
Where dreaming occurs
Movement inhibition
Sensory blockade

Question 8

How many sleep cycles on average do you go through every night

Answer 8

6

Question 9

What happens when you are sleep deprived?

Answer 9

Brain chemistry goes out of balance
Can gain weight
Not be able to function properly

Question 10

What is a circadian rhythm?

Answer 10

Human body rhythms that have a daily sleep wake cycle

Question 11

What is an ultradian rhythm?

Answer 11

A rhythm that occurs more than once in a 24 hour period

Question 12

What is the SCN?

Answer 12

Controls circadian rhythms
Set by external triggers

Question 13

What is an exogenous zeitgeber?

Answer 13

Environmental cues that regulate our sleep wake cycle

Question 14

What are some internal influences on sleep?

Answer 14

Adrenaline- Makes us feel alert
Cortisol- Released when we feel stressed

Question 15

What are some external influences on sleep?

Answer 15

Light and medication

Question 16

What is insomnia?

Answer 16

Problems with sleep

Question 17

Acute insomnia

Answer 17

Brief periods of problems with sleep

Question 18

Chronic insomnia

Answer 18

Problems with sleep for 3 or more nights a week

Question 19

Symptoms of insomnia

Answer 19

Difficulty falling asleep
Waking up a lot during the night
Unable to concentrate

Question 20

What can cause insomnia?

Answer 20

Medication
Lifestyle- Including lots of night shifts

Question 21

What is Narcolepsy?

Answer 21

Disorder where someone has no control over their sleep wake cycle

Question 22

Symptoms of narcolepsy

Answer 22

Excessive sleepiness
Hallucinations
Sleep paralysis

Question 23

What causes narcolepsy?

Answer 23

Genes
Stress

Question 24

What is Freud’s theory of dreaming?

Answer 24

Dreams involve symbols that mean things and need to be analysed by a psychologist

Question 25

Where are unconscious wishes and desires held?

Answer 25

ID 'I want'

Question 26

What is superego?

Answer 26

'you cannot have'

Question 27

What is ego?

Answer 27

Balance between superego and ID

Question 28

What is manifest content?

Answer 28

The story the dreamer tells upon waking up

Question 29

What is latent content?

Answer 29

Meaning behind the dream

Question 30

What is dreamwork?

Answer 30

The way the mind keeps unconscious thoughts hidden during dreaming, also uncover meaning behind dreams Condensation, displacement and secondary elaboration

Question 31

What were Freud's 3 stages of psychosexual developement?

Answer 31

Oral Anal Phallic

Question 32

What is the oedipus complex?

Answer 32

Little kids develop sexual feelings towards oppsite gendered parent

Question 33

What were little Hans 3 main dreams?

Answer 33

Horse dream Early dream-Mother left Giraffe dream

Question 34

What happened to Siffre 6 months after living in a cave?

Answer 34

Became depressed Sleep wake cycle varied from 18-52

Question 35

What is the activation synthesis theory?

Answer 35

Brain is active during sleep and random activity takes place. Brain then tries making sense of this by mixing it with existing schemas turning it into dreams

Question 36

What does activation mean?

Answer 36

Random thoughts sent within brain during REM sleep