Section 4.1
A state that is characterized by high levels of sensory awareness, thought, and behavior
What is wakefulness?
Sleep-deprived individuals will experience shorter sleep latencies during subsequent opportunities for sleep
What is sleep rebound?
There are ____ stages of sleep
What is 4?
Consistent difficulty in falling and/or staying asleep for at least three nights a week for at least a month’s time
What is insomnia?
Emotional, rather than a physical, need for a drug which may be used to relieve psychological distress
What is psychological dependence?
A hormone secreted by the endocrine gland that serves as an important regulator of the sleep-wake cycle
What is melatonin?
You spend this much time of your life sleeping
Freud believes in a concept that dreams have hidden meaning
What is latent content?
A sleep disorder associated with consistent failure of REM sleep to hinder the enactment of actions carried out in your dreams
What is REM sleep behavior disorder?
Variety of negative symptoms experienced when drug use is discontinued
What is withdrawal?
What is sleep debt?
Sleep is essential for many reasons. One of them is
What is we are replenished at night, resources are restored?
Period of sleep characterized by brain waves very similar to those during wakefulness and by darting movements of the eyes under closed eyelids
What is Rapid Eye Movement (REM) sleep?
Episodes during sleep where a person stops breathing for 10-20 minute periods, episodes are not noticeable but the person affected will have increased fatigue, more common in overweight individuals
What is sleep apnea?
Drug that tends to increase overall levels of neural activity; includes caffeine nicotine, amphetamines, and cocaine
What is stimulant?
Recommended amount of sleep for teens ages 10-17
What is 8.5-9.25 hours?
Sufficient sleep can help with
What is healthy weight, lowering stress levels, improving mood, increasing motor coordination, memory?
Freud believed dreams function with a storyline of events that occur during a the dream
What is manifest content?
Cannot help themselves if they fall asleep at inappropriate times, it is closely associated with cataplexy (muscle weakness or lack of muscle tone)
What is narcolepsy?
State of extreme self-focus and attention in which minimal attention is given to external stimuli
What is hypnosis?
A biological rhythm that occurs over approximately 24 hours
What is Circadian Rhythm?
Insufficient sleep can cause
What is inability to maintain attention, make decisions, recall long term memories?
People become aware that they are dreaming and can control the dream’s content
What is lucid dream?
Most common form of treatment is a device used during sleep. The device is the Continuous Positive Airway Pressure, or CPAP.
What is treatment for sleep apnea?
Clearing the mind in order to achieve a state of relaxed awareness and focus
What is meditation?