PSYC 101 Lecture 30: Lecture 30 (1)
NARCOLEPSY.
- Narcolepsy: Rapid and often unexpected onset of sleep
- Some can experience cataplexy as well
- Due to lack of orexin production
SLEEP APNEA.
- Disorder caused by a blockage of the airway during sleep, resulting in daytime
fatigue
NIGHT TERRORS.
- Sudden waking episodes characterized by screaming, perspiring, and
confusion followed by a return to a deep sleep
- Most common in children
SLEEP WALKING.
- Occurs in 15-30% of children and 5% in adults
- Walking while fully sleep
DREAMS:
Involved in:
1. Processing emotional memories
2. Integrating new experiences with established memories to make sense of
and create a virtual reality model of the world
3. Learning new strategies and ways of doing things
4. Simulating threatening events so we can better cope with them in everyday
life
5. Reorganizing and consolidating memories
LO 5.4 – Describe Freud’s theory of dreams.
Freud’s Dream Protection Theory:
- Dreams transform our sexual and aggressive instincts into symbols that
represent wish fulfillment
- Require interpretation to reveal true meaning
- Manifest content vs. latent content
LO 5.5 – Explain 3 major modern theories of dreaming.
Activation-Synthesis Theory:
- Dreams reflect inputs from brain activation originating in the pons, which the
forebrain then attempts to weave into a story
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