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Construct
- belief that cant be seen/touched
- Ex. Consciousness
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Subconscious
just below present awareness
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Unconsciousness
- thoughts, info, desires where we have no true or direct knowledge
- Ex. Going upstairs but don't know why
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Chronobiology
- forces that control the body day and night
- Ex. Owls hunt at night
- Ex. In humans we lose energy toward summer
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Free-Running Cycles
- humans are free running at birth
- Ex. Babies do their own thing until entrainment (training) takes place
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Circadian Rythyms
- unseen biological clocks
- Ex. Humans have high pt. and low pt. within 24 hrs. and our temp. is controlled with 2 degrees naturally
- Ex. Plants open in AM and close in PM
- Ex. Humans dont follow the natural 25 hr. sleep/wake cycle. Due to entrainment, we adapt to the earth and the 24 hr light/dark cycle
- Ex. Not all species are the same
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Twilight State
images and thoughts
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REM Sleep
takes about 90 min. to reach
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Delta Waves
deepest sleep
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1st Dream
shortest, 10 min.
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Last Dream
longest, 30 min.
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Length of Dream
as night progresses, REM increases
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1-REM
almost impossible to awaken someone
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Sleepwalking
done during stage 4 NREM Sleep
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1 Major theory why dream:
brain chemicals are replenished
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Most Dreams...
are not remembered. They are too boring
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Strange Dreams...
are a random firing of neurons
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Dreams are usually...
50% color, 50% B&W
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Nightmares...
- are more likely when we have missed REM sessions from:
- 1. Too much alcohol
- 2. Not enough sleep
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REM Rebound
an increase in dreams due to lack of sleep
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Night Terror
is an "Incubus Attack" during NREM when the body isn't ready for it
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Infants...
75% in REM sleep
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Stage 4
we walk and talk in our sleep
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Insomnia
inability to get enough sleep
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Narcolepsy
- falling asleep instantly
- Usually starts between teen & 20 years of age.
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Sleep Apnea
stop breathing hundreds of times during sleep
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Mesmerize
comes from Anton Mesmer...he claimed to have "magnetic powers"
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Hypnotists can help aid in:
- 1. Forgetting
- 2. Remembering
- 3. Reducing minor pain
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Hypnosis:
is related to relaxation
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Meditation
form of self control
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