Sleep stages
This is the sleep stage where most vivid dreaming occurs.
What is REM sleep?
This is the internal "clock" that regulates our body's cycle of sleep and wakefulness over a 24-hour period.
What is a Circadian Rhythm?
This famous psychologist believed that dreams are a "royal road to the unconscious."
Who is Sigmund Freud?
This is the most common sleep disorder, involving trouble falling asleep or staying asleep.
What is Insomnia?
This type of processing happens automatically and without our conscious effort.
What is Implicit processing?
This is the name for the deepest stage of sleep, where it is hardest to wake someone up.
What is Stage 3 ?
his natural light source is the main cue that tells our brain to stop producing melatonin in the morning.
What is sunlight?
This theory says dreams are just the brain's way of "sorting out" the day's events and storing memories.
What is Information Processing theory?
This disorder causes people to stop breathing for short periods while they sleep.
What is Sleep Apnea?
When you intentionally try to remember a list of words for a quiz, you are using this type of processing.
What is Explicit processing?
This term refers to the feeling of being unable to move your muscles during REM sleep.
What is sleep paralysis?
This gland in the brain is responsible for releasing melatonin.
What is the Pineal gland?
According to the Activation-Synthesis theory, dreams are the brain trying to make sense of random neural _____
What is static?
This behavior involves walking or performing tasks while asleep, typically during Stage 3.
What is sleepwalking?
This concept describes our ability to focus on one voice in a crowded room while ignoring others.
What is the Selective Attention?
These are the rhythmic brain waves typically seen when you are awake and relaxed.
What are Alpha waves?
This common travel-related problem occurs when your internal rhythm doesn't match the time zone you are in.
What is Jet Lag?
Freud used this term to describe the literal, remembered story of a dream.
What is Manifest Content?
: A person with this disorder might suddenly fall directly into REM sleep during the middle of the day.
What is Narcolepsy?
This "dual" concept suggests that our brain operates on two tracks: one conscious and one unconscious.
What is Dual Processing?
As you get older, the total amount of time you spend in this specific sleep stage tends to decrease significantly.
What is REM sleep?
Working these types of irregular hours can severely disrupt a person's circadian rhythm and lead to health issues.
What is the night shift?
This modern view suggests that dreaming helps us "practice" how to handle dangerous situations in real life.
What is the Threat Simulation theory?
Unlike nightmares, these occur in deep sleep and the person usually has no memory of them the next day.
What are Night Terrors?
This is the term for "muscle memory," like knowing how to tie your shoes without thinking about it.
What is Procedural memory?