Sleep Cycles
The amount of hours we should aim to sleep each night (as teenagers).
What is 8-10 hours?
The majority of the population falls asleep using this device although it has been proven to disrupt healthy sleep patterns.
Darkness signals to our brains that it is time for _______.
What is sleep?
This should be stopped at least 1 hour prior to bed time.
This is the term for the condition where individuals consistently fail to get enough sleep, leading to negative effects on health, well-being, and functioning.
What is sleep deprivation?
The cycle of sleep where we dream, are in a paralysis like state, and it is the hardest to be woken from.
What is REM?
Drinking coffee or soda in the afternoon may cause us to have trouble sleeping at bed time due to the _______?
What is caffeine?
The amount of hours in a circadian rhythm.
What is 24?
The ideal room temperature for sleep.
What is cool? or 60-67 degrees?
Sleep deprivation increases the risk of these two mental health illnesses significantly.
What is anxiety and depression?
The stage of sleep where we are dozing of, we are still aware of our surroundings but falling asleep is taking place.
What is stage 1 or Transition to Sleep?
Wanting a few extra Z's in the morning by delaying an alarm using this feature that actually causes us to feel more tired.
What is a snooze button?
The hormone responsible for making you sleepy.
What is melatonin?
A scheduling strategy that helps regulate the circadian rhythm and should be followed 7 days/week.
What is a consistent bedtime?
Has a similar effect on a person's cognitive function as being sleep deprived.
The stage of sleep where our body works to repair our tissues and cells. Memories are stored in the "filing cabinets of our brains", our immune system works to get stronger.
What is stage 3 or deep sleep?
A term that refers to waking the brain up. Can be used to describe certain substances.
What is a stimulant?
The circadian rhythm is often referred to as _______.
What is internal clock?
Body movement that requires energy usage that can increase quality of sleep.
What is physical activity?
Not getting enough sleep causes this system in our body to not function well and increases the risk of contracting illnesses as well as causing our body to not respond to vaccines.
What is the immune system?
The stage of sleep where our heart rate begins to fall and our body temperature drops. Sleep spindles that help to enhance our cognitive (brain/thinking/remembering) are produced. Can be easily woken.
What is stage 2 or light sleep?
This is omitted from electronic devices that confuses the circadian rhythm into thinking it is time to be awake.
The term used for traveling across different time zones causing a disruption to one's circadian rhythm.
What is jet lag?
A strategy to use when having trouble falling asleep.
What is getting out of bed doing something different, sleep meditation, relaxing music, warm drink, reading a book?
The diagnosis used for the inability to fall asleep or stay sleeping.
What is insomnia?