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AP Psychology: Module 24, Sleep Deprivation & Sleep Disorders

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Discuss the behavioral and emotional effects of sleep
Depression, difficulty studying diminished productivty, mistakes, irritability, fatigue, fatter.
How does sleep deprivation make you fat?
Increase of ghrenlin (hunger-arousing) and decreased leptin (hunger-suppressing)
Insomnia
persistant problem with falling & staying asleep
Narcolepsy
uncontrollable sleep attacks that goes directly into REM at inapproriate times. a brain disorder
Sleep apnea
temporary cessations of breathing during sleep
Night terrors
high arousal and appearance of being terrified
sleepwalking
talking during sleep without being aware of it
sleep talking
talking during sleep without being aware of it
night terrors v. nightmares
night terrors occur during NREM-3 sleep within 2-3 hours and are seldom remembered
dreams
sequence of images, emotions, and thoughts passing through a sleeping person's mind
How does dual processing incorporates sensory stimuli into a dream
an odor or phone's ringing may be instantly woven into the dream's story
Freud's theory of dreams
disguised by a fake meaning in order to prevent the truth from coming out
Manifest content
according to freud, the remembered storyline of a dream
Latent content
the underlying meaning of a dream
why do we dream?
file away memories, develop & preserve neural pathways, to make sense of neural static, and to reflect on cognitive development
REM Rebound
tendency for REM sleep to increase following REM sleep deprivation
Freud's wish fulfillment Theory of Dreams
dreams provide psychic safety expressing hidden meaning but lacks scientific support
Information-processing Theory of Dreams
helps us sort out the day's events & consolidate our memories, but we may dream about things we have not experienced
Physiological function Theory of Dreams
Regular brain stimulation from REM may help develop & preserve neural pathways
Neural activation Theory of Dreams
REM triggers neural activty that evokes visual memories and our sleeping brain weaves it into stories
Cognitive development Theory of Dreams
Dreams reflects dreamer's cognitive development but does not address the neuroscience of dreams.
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