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Sleep Pathalogy
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Psychology
Undergraduate 1
03/13/2014

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Term
Insomnia
Definition
caused by anxiety: lack of sleep
Term
hypersomnia
Definition

depression: sleeping too

 

much

Term
Medication for insominia and Hyp
Definition

There is medication for both; but they suppress REM

 

sleep (same as alcohol)

 

• Drugs help make you drowsy, but no deep or REM sleep

Term
Narcolepsy
Definition

= falling asleep at random moments (emotionally aroused)

 

o Rusty the Narcoleptic Daschund 

 

o Cataplexy

Term
Sleep paralysis
Definition

occurs when you wake up and your body won’t move

 

o Not very uncommon 

 

o Brain stem hasn’t fully turned on yet

Term

• Sleep Alpnea 

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Definition

• Sleep Alpnea = stop breathing during sleep 

 

o Conduction Apnea = neurological 

 

o Obstructed = Throat gets blocked, related to obesity 

 

o Sleeping on your back causes sleep apnea 

 

o Crib death: infantile sleep apnea 

 

o Somnambulism: sleepwalking 

 

ß Actually in deep sleep, not REM sleep

 

ß Walking in dreams 

 

ß More likely for kids (under 12) than adults or teens 

 

ß Has to do with brain development 

 

ß People integrate what’s going on around them in their dream 

 

• Electrodes used to find out about REM 

 

• Movement of eyes reflects what you’re dreaming about

Term
• Emotion 
Definition
is very closely associated with arousal (autonomic nervous system) 
 
• Associated with Sympathetic response (survival)
Term

Theories of emotion

 

 

Definition

1. Logic theory: 

 

2. James Feedback theory: 

Term
1. Logic theory:
Definition

Stimulus ‡ Perception ‡ Emotional Response 

 

 

Term

 

 

2. James Feedback theory

Definition

: arousal is the emotion

 

a. Stimulus ‡ Perception ‡ Bodily Arousal

Term

Facial Feedback Theory 

 

 

Definition

• Smiling is genetically encoded 

 

• Forming classical conditioning relationship 

 

• Smiling + happiness, smiling can lead to feeling a little better

Term

• Brain Structure associated with smiling/ emotions

 

 

Definition

o Limbic System = source of all drives and emotions

 

o Hypothalamus

Term
o Limbic System X
Definition

o Limbic System = source of all drives and emotions

 

o Hypothalamus

Term

Amygdala

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Definition

psychic blindness (means almond) , right next to hippocampus

 

ß Removal of amygdala means you no longer experience fear

 

ß Fear is a very important emotion for survival 

 

ß You have two amygdala in your brain 

 

ß Cats have both removed and now are psychic blind (no longer have 

 

emotional response/can’t perceive threat)

 

• Four lobes in brain

Term
Orbitofrontal cortex
Definition
Orbitofrontal cortex:
Term

 antisocial personality disorder

 

Definition
put electrodes on fingers to measure
 
hand sweat (sweat shows sympathetic response) 
 
ß People with orbital frontal damage: Person sees emotional images and 
 
GSR will show no response = no sympathetic response
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