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21 Cards in this Set
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awareness of oneself and the environment
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consciousness
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5 regular fluctuations in biological systems
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biological rhythms
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synchronization of rhythms with external events
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entrainment
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occur in absence of external cues (inside)
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endogenous rhythms
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occur every 24 hours- exists in plants animals insects and humans (body clock)
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circadian rhythms
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infrequent-- menstrual cycle-- birds migrating
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infradian rhytms
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ultradian rhythms
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more frequent than once a day-- digestion-- getting hungry-- stages of sleep
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SCN-- suprachiasmatic nucleus
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regulates melatonin in hypothalamus
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internal desynchronization
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when rhythms are changed due to moving to different time zone or something
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Eugene Danyo
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THE BIGGEST FAGGOT ON THE FACE OF THE EARTH =)
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define (SAD) ps-- it's less prevalent than commonly thought
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seasonal affective disorder. winter =( summer =)
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few people of either sex are likely to underfo personality shift due to hormones T/F.
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true
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sleep cycles occur every __ minutes
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90
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how many non REM stages?
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4
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with each stage you fall ______
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deeper in sleep
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WHICH STAGE OF SLEEP:
small, irregular brain waves; light sleep |
stage 1- hypnogogic
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WHICH STAGE OF SLEEP:
high-peaking waves called sleep spindles |
stage 2
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WHICH STAGE OF SLEEP:
delta waves begin; slow with high peaks |
stage 3-- (deeper sleep)
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WHICH STAGE OF SLEEP:
mostly delta waves and deep sleep |
stage 4
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REM SLEEP
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aka paradoxical sleep-- active brain waves, eye movement, loss of muscle tone and vivid dreams
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REM does not alternate throughout the night T/F
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FALSE-- the REM stages get longer and closer together
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