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A. Sleep Disorders
Insomnia:o What makes insomnia worse? Worrying about insomnia.o What are the quick fixes
for insomnia? Do they work? Alcohol and sleeping pills, no they do not work, they aggravate the
problem by reducing REM sleep and leaving the person tired the next day.
Narcolepsy:o What is the cause of narcolepsy? Missing a hypothalamic neural center that
produces orexin, a neurotransmitter linked to alertness.
SleepApnea:o What are the causes/warning signs of sleep apnea? Sleep apnea is associated with
obesity. Warning sides include: loud snoring, daytime sleepiness, irritability, and (possibly) high
blood pressure.
NightTerrors:o Who do night terrors usually affect? Childreno During what stage of sleep do
night terrors happen? NREM-3
During what stage of sleep does sleepwalking happen? NREM-3
B. Dreams
Dream:Asequenceofimages,emotions,andthoughtspassingthroughasleeping
personsmind.Dreamsarenotablefortheirhallucinatoryimagery,discontinuities,
andincongruities,andforthedreamersdelusionalacceptanceofthecontentandlater
difficultiesrememberingit.
What is the difference between daydreams and REM dreams? Daydreams tend to
involve the familiar details of our lives, whereas REM dreams are vivid, emotional,
and bizarre.
What can happen to sensory stimuli that occur while you are sleeping? They can be
incorporated into your dreams.
Why do we dream?!?
To satisfy our own wishes
o Who is responsible for this theory? Sigmund Freudo What are dreams purpose according to
Freud? Provide a psychic safety valve that discharges otherwise unacceptable feelings.
o Manifestcontent:AccordingtoFreud,therememberedstorylineofadream.o Latent
content:AccordingtoFreud,theunderlyingmeaningofadream.o What do most psychologists
believe today about Freuds dream theories? They believe they are unreliable.
To file away memories
Information-processing perspective: dreams may help sift, sort, and fix the days
experiences in our memory.
To develop and preserve neural pathways
To make sense of neural static