Stages of Sleep
The 4 stages of sleep.
What are:
N1, N2, N3, REM
Bad dreams occurring durning REM sleep.
What is a nightmare?
He believed dreams come from conflicts and events that have been buried in our unconscious minds since childhood.
Who is Sigmund Freud?
Natural cycles of activity the body must go through.
What are biological rhythms?
You may not remember what you did in this state of consciousness.
What is an altered state of consciousness?
REM stands for:
What is REM sleep?
The age when night terrors typically occur.
What is 1 1/2 - 13 years old?
This sends upper parts of the brain signals during REM sleep.
What is the pons?
This rhythm is a cycle that takes about a day to complete.
What is circadian rhythm?
Your awareness of everything going on around you and inside your head.
What is consciousness?
The stage of sleep where growth hormones are released from the pituitary glands.
What is N3?
The inability to get to sleep, stay asleep, or get a good quality sleep.
What is insomnia?
Conflicts, events, and desires of the past are represented in....
What is symbolic form?
The sleep-wake cycle is controlled within this part of the brain.
What is the hypothalamus?
The level of consciousness in which thoughts, sensations and feelings are clear and organized.
What is waking consciousness?
The stage of sleep that involves hallucinations.
What is N1?
The percentage of adults that suffer from sleep apnea.
What is 5 to 25%?
The premise that states that dreams are created by the higher centers of the cortex.
What is activation-synthesis hypothesis?
This is responsible for controlling circadian rhythms.
What is the hypothalamus, primarily the suprachiasmatic (SCN).
This occurs when there is a shift in pattern of your mental activity.
What is an altered state of consciousness?
The stage of sleep where sleep spindles occur.
What is N2?
A person falls asleep immediately into REM sleep during the day without warning.
What is narcolepsy?
Information taken in during waking hours can have an influence on dreams.
What is activation-information-mode model (AIM)?
When this increases in the body you feel sleepy. As it decreases you will awaken.
What is melatonin?
The 4 forms of an altered state of consciousness.
What are:
drugs, daydreaming, being hypnotized, and achieving a meditative state.