Brain Waves
Deep sleep
What are delta waves?
Dream sleep
What is REM?
The theory stating we have two tracks of consciousness
Dual Processing?
Inability to fall asleep or remain asleep.
What is insomnia?
Psychologist famous for book The Interpretation of Dreams; believes dreams represent our unconscious desires.
Who is Sigmund Freud?
Wide awake
Stage 3 Brain Waves
What are Delta Waves?
Biological rhythms that occurring once every 24 hours.
What are circadian rhythms?
Terrifying dream during NREM.
What is a night terror?
Dream theory stating dreams are by products of random neural firing in the pons.
What is the Activation Synthesis theory/hypothesis?
Crossing the threshold between awake and asleep
What are alpha waves?
Hypnagogic sensations
What is Stage 1?
The name of the structure that is stimulated by light and influences the internal 24 hour clock
What is the the suprachiasmatic nucleus (SCN)?
Interrupted breathing during sleep, often times resulting in snoring and sometimes treated with a CPAP machine.
What is sleep apnea?
Dreaming, daydreaming and drowsiness are ________ and alter our consciousness
What is spontaneous?
REM sleep
What are beta waves?
We spend most of the night in this stage.
What is Stage 2?
Hormone that acts upon the hypothalamus to control the sleep/wake cycle and body responses to the annual seasons cycle.
What is melatonin?
Falling instantly into REM sleep from a fully awake state.
What is narcolepsy?
Chemicals that affect mental processes and behavior by their affect on the brain.
What are psychoactive drugs?
Distinguishing characteristic of Stage 2 sleep
Gets longer as the night goes on.
What is REM?
The reason why texting and driving is against the law. (We can only truly attend consciously to one thing at a time.)
What is sequential processing?
Lack of paralysis during REM.
What is RBD? (REM Behavior Disorder)
According to Freud, the actual, literal content of a dream.
What is the manifest content?