Sleep Stages
A state of awareness
What is consciousness?
Failure to get enough sleep at night in order to feel rested the next day.
What is insomnia?
Does everyone dream?
Yes
A state of consiousness resulting from a narrowed focus of attention and characterized by heightened suggestibility.
What is hypnosis?
Drugs that often produce hallucinations
What are hallucinogens?
A stage of sleep categorized by rapid eye movements.
What is REM sleep?
A condition characterized by suddenly falling asleep or feeling very sleepy during the day.
What is narcolepsy?
T/F Daydreaming requires a high level of awareness.
False
What are some uses of hypnosis?
Entertainment, quitting an addiction, medical, or therapeutic.
Drugs that achieve their effect by stimulating the brain and central nervous system.
What are stimulants?
How much time does a person spend in sleep stags I through IV?
75%
Night terrors occur during which stage of sleep?
Stage IV
T/F The first dreams of the night are long and vivid.
False
The focusing of attention to clear one's mind and produce relaxation.
What is meditation?
An overdose of opiates results in …
What is loss of control of breathing?
The rhythm of activity and inactivity lasting approximately one day.
What is circadian rhythm?
What are causes of sleep apnea?
Physical problem that blocks the airway, obesity, or enlarged tonsils.
"Dreaming may serve no function whatsoever" is whose theory?
Nathaniel Kleitman
The process of learning to control bodily states with the help of machines monitoring the states to be controlled.
What is biofeedback?
Chemicals that affect the nervous system and result in altered consciousness.
What are psychoactive drugs?
T/F REM sleep lasts from about 15 to 45 minutes.
True
What is somnambulism
Sleep walking or sleeptalking and having no memory of it.
How far back do dream interpretations date back to?
5000 B.C.
Refers to a reduction of pain reported by patients after they had undergone hypnosis.
What is hypnotic analgesia?
The most widely used and abused mind-altering substance in the USA.
What is alcohol?