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Sleep Disorders
Stages of Sleep
Alternate States of Consciousness
Theories
Psychoactive Drugs
100
persistent problems in falling asleep, staying asleep, or waking too early
What is insomnia
100
stage of sleep marked by rapid eye movements
What is REM sleep?
100
an organism's awareness of its own self and surroundings
What is consciousness?
100
the number of major theories of sleep
What is two?
100
drugs that increase overall activity and general responsiveness
What are stimulants?
200
sudden onsets of sleep during normal waking hours
What is narcolepsy
200
during this stage, your breathing becomes more regular, your heart rate slows, and your blood pressure decreases
What is stage 1?
200
trancelike state of heightened suggestibility, deep relaxation, and intense focus
What is hypnosis?
200
suggests that sleep helps us recuperate from depleting daily activities
What is repair/restoration theory?
200
drugs that decrease bodily processes and overall responsiveness
What are depressants?
300
abrupt awakenings from NREM sleep accompanied by intense physiological arousal and feelings of panic
What is a night terror
300
the time when children are most likely to wet the bed and when sleepwalking occurs
What is stage 4?
300
group of techniques designed to refocus attention, block out all distractions, and produce an ASC
What is meditation?
300
proposed that dreams are "the royal road to unconsciousness"
Who is Sigmund Freud?
300
morphine, heroin, and codeine are examples of this drug category
What are opiates?
400
repeated interruption of breathing during sleep because air passages to the lungs are blocked
What is sleep apnea
400
about an hour
What is the time it takes to progress through all four stages of sleep?
400
these require minimal attention, an example would be listening to your teacher while daydreaming
What are automatic processes?
400
Hobson's theory that dreams are by-products of random stimulation of brain cells
What is activation-synthesis hypothesis?
400
these drugs produce sensory or perceptual distortions
What are hallucinogens?
500
dyssomnias and parasomnias
What are the two major categories of sleep disorders?
500
this stage is noted by occasional short bursts of rapid, high amplitude brain waves known as sleep spindles
What is stage 2?
500
mental activities requiring focused attention that generally interfere with other ongoing activities
What is a controlled process?
500
emphasizes the relationship of sleep to basic circadian rhythms and states that sleep evolved to conserve energy and to protect us from predators
What is evolutionary/circadian theory?
500
this type of drug enhances a particular neurotransmitter's effect
What is an agonistic drug?