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what is circadian rhythm |
its your bodies biological clock tells you when your hungry tired etc |
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how much is a normal amount of sleep |
btwn 7-10 |
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why is sleep important |
lack of sleep leads to depression difficulty paying attention, learning and weight gain, also lower immune response |
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what are the stages of sleep, how is sleep divided |
sleep is divided into 5 stages the first 4 are non rem sleep, and the 5th stage is rem sleep 1)light sleep last very little time, stage of confusion, your shifting from conciousness not conciousness 2) brain waves continue to slow, everything else starts to slow too like temperatur HR (spend 60% of sleep here 3)/4 sleep continues to deepen 5) rem sleep, mind is acting as though it concious your body is parylized but your mind is awake, most commonly used for dream, rapid eyemovement spend 20% of sleep here |
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what is lucid dreaming |
lucid dreaming is when your regionof the brain associated with self perception is activated so that your able to essentially control your dreams your aware your dreaing |
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theories of dreams |
1) freud: dream protection theory, essentially your dreams protect you from you impulses, they are symbols of your true desires 2)activation theory: the different regions of the brain that get activated during rem sleep cause your brain to try to make sense of it, your brain making sense of it=dreams 3) forebrain theory: your fore brain which controls emotional centers is likely responsile for dreams, people with damage to forebrain do not dream, 4)neurogonitive processes: its more then just random chemicals, your dreams result from processes, likely because as you age the complexity of your dreams also increase and are usually associated with personal preoccupations aka whats on your mind |
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what chemical turns on rem sleep |
acetylcholine |
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what type of sleep disorders are there |
narcolepsy: just fall asleep instantanously due orexin presecence (at high levels,) cataplexy results from this condition insomnia: cant fall asleep, stay asleep, fall back asleep night terror: react to nightmares out loud, wont remeber this happening sleepwalking: occurs during rem sleep not you reinacting your dreams but likely you acting as if you were awake but more clumsly |
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what is the purpose of dreams |
process emotional memories, solve problems, memory ,integrate new experiences, simulating threatening events so we can cope with them |
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what are hallucianations |
realistic perceptions of non existant external stimuli |
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what are out of body experience caused by |
they are caused by disruptions in the the different areas of the brain intergrating information, likely scrambling of touch and visual so that you feel like your body is seperate from your mind |
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what are the 2 theories of how hypnosis work |
1) sociocognitive theory: your expctations about what hyponsis will influence how it affects you, also determined by their ability to take wake imagininative suggestions 2) dissociation theory: your conciousness is seperated into what your aware of and what your not, hyponotists use this to their advantage, so hidden observer comes out and you dont realize your taking their suggestions |
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how is the drug effect determined |
by enviornement, socioculture influences, and chemical properties |
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substance dependence |
when you develop a resisitance/tolerance to a drug and need to take increasing amounts to get the same effect physcal dependance is when you go through physical withdrawels psychological dependence is when you go thrugh a craving |
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why do people take drugs |
1) they feel there fam will tolerate it 2) socioculture influences (if everyone around them takes it) 3) genetics (if they have little negative effects to the drug more liekly to take itmore often) 4) addictive personality (certain traits that make people more likely to get adducted) 5) expectations (think it will help them relax) |
