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Psychology Test #3-gabby
chapters 6 and 3
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Psychology
Undergraduate 1
11/02/2009

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Neo-Dissociation Theory
Definition

  • proposed by Ernest Hilgard
  • during hypnosis our consciousness divides into 2 streams
  • part of consciousness is aware oh hypnotist and the external world

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Hidden Observer
Definition
a hypnotized subjects awareness of experiences that go unreported during hypnosis
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Milestone in the scientific study of sleep
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Aserinsky and Kleitman's discovery of REM sleep in 1950's
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Biological Rhythms
Definition
periodic fluctuation in psychological functioning
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90-minute alertness
Definition
changes in alertness, daydreaming
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circadian rhythms
Definition

  • sleep, body temperature, blood pressure, urine production
  • 24 hour biological cycle
  • we tend to go to sleep as body temp falls
  • we tend to awaken as body temp rises

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28 day cycle
Definition
menstrual cycle
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yearly rhythms
Definition
seasonal affective disorder, changes in sexual activity
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Electroencephalogram (EEG)
Definition
measures changes in brains cortex
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Electromyogram (EMG)
Definition
measures muscle tone: ongoing tension of muscle while supporting the body
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Electrooculogram (EOG)
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measures eye movements
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Muscle Tone
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Sleep Spindles
Definition
waves that show sleep patterns
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K-complexes
Definition
bursts of high frequency waves
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Delta Waves
Definition
low frequency, high amplitude.  they look like upside down V's
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Hynogogic Imagery
Definition
sensory experience at sleep onset (transition from awake to asleep).  happens during stage 1.
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Hypnopompic Imagery
Definition
sensory experience sometimes experienced among awakening 
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Sleep Walking and Bedwetting
Definition
occurs at the end of the delta stage
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Tonic Events
Definition

  • continuous through REM sleep
  • EMG: shows relaxed muscle tone
  • Erections: penis and clitoris

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Phasic Events
Definition

  • Periodic: sometime you have it, sometimes you dont
  • Eye movements
  • middle ear twitches
  • Vivid dreams are reported about 85% when awakened from REM sleep

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Length of Sleep Cycle
Definition

  • 90 minute cycle imposed on a 24 hour cycle
  • REM periods increase in duration through the night
  • Delta decreases in duration

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Age and Sleep Length
Definition

  • Newborn: 16 hours (fetuses more)
  • 3 year old: 12 hours
  • 18 year old: 8 hours
  • 50 year old: 6 hours

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Decreases in REM with age
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  • Newborn:  50% of sleep is REM sleep
  • Tappers off until 5 years old: 20% is REM
  • Stays at 20% for life

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Sleep Deprivation
Definition

  • get sleepy
  • suppression of immune system
  • impaired creativity
  • slow performance
  • misperceptions

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STAGE 1
Definition

  • lasts about 5-10 minutes
  • breathing and heart rate slows
  • hypnogogic imagery

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STAGE 2
Definition

  • lasts about 20 minutes
  • little to no eye movement
  • some muscle tone
  • EEG: sleep spindle with k complexes
  • mundane thoughts (simple thoughts)

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STAGES 3 and 4 (delta sleep)
Definition

 

  • "Deep sleep"
  • little to no eye movement
  • some muscle tone
  • EEG: DELTA WAVES-low frequency, high amplitude

 

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END OF DELTA
Definition
sleep walking and bedwetting because everything is relaxed
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What is the effect of total sleep deprivation on rats?
Definition

  • control rats did not die
  • all experimental rats died in 11-32 days

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How were the rats prevented from sleeping?
Definition

  • forced walking
  • dipped in water

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Yoked Controls
Definition
animal is paired with an experimental animal; each receives the same treatment but the treatment is controlled by experimental animals behavior
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What are the effects of REM sleep deprivation?
Definition

become agitated and impulsive

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REM Rebound
Definition
tendency for REM sleep to increase following REM sleep deprivation
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4 major types of sleep theories (why we sleep)
Definition

  1. Protection: predator=sleeps wherever, prey= hides to sleep
  2. Recuperation
  3. Aids Memory
  4. Growth

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