unit 4: sleep and dreaming

altered state of consciousness

Shift in quality or pattern of mental activity 

circadian rhythm

24 hour bodily rhythm 

consciousness

awareness of everything going on inside and outside of you

dreams

mental experinces during sleep

insomnia

inability to fall asleep, stay asleep, or get good quality sleep

narcolepsy

person falls immediately into REM sleep during the day without warning 

nightmares

bad dreams arousing feelings of horror, helplessness, extreme sorrow, ect

non-REM sleep

Paralysis that normally occurs during REM sleep is incomplete or absent 

REM behavior disorder

Paralysis that normally occurs during REM sleep is incomplete or absent 

REM sleep

Active sleep

sleep apnea

person stops breathing for short periods during sleep 

Restorative theory

physical and mental health and of the body

Memory consolidation

While sleeping our, our brain sorts through memories aquired throughout the day

Stage one of Non-REM sleep

Light sleep (transition from being awake to being asleep), Hypnic jerk, Hypnagogic images

Stage two of Non-REM sleep 

temperature, Breathing and heart rate decrease, Sleep spindles (short bursts of brain activity), Body calms down from a psychological stand point

Stage three of Non-REM sleep

Growth hormones released, Hard to wake up, Lowest function of your body actress 24 hours

Sleep Walking

moving or walking around during deep sleep, caused by not getting enough sleep

Nightmares

Bad dreams arousing feelings of horror, helplessness, extreme sorrow

caused by traumatic experinces endured throughout the day

Night terrors

attacks of extreme fear that the victim has while sound asleep, caused by sleep deprivition

Manifest content

describing your dream 

Latent content

hidden meaning of a dream

Lucid dreaming

Individual becomes aware that she/he is dreaming, gaining control of what happens in the dream