PSYC 1010 Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: Waking Life, Melatonin, Circadian Rhythm

• School: York University
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSYC 1010
• Professor: Myriam Mongrain

Document Summary

Receptors in the retina send input to hypothalamus. Example: flying west / daylight savings time (fall) > easier to add additional time to your day. May involve some dreaming: stages 3 & 4. Longer in the first part of the night. When sleepwalking and night terrors occur (usually within the first 2 hours of sleep: stage 5. Gets progressively longer in the later part of the night. Paradoxical: heart rate and arousal increase, brain activity resembles alert state, major muscle groups inhibited, see application section for lucid dreaming : theories of dreams, freud. Dreams are the royal road to the unconscious . Wish fulfillment theory: dreams express unconscious motives and wishes, manifest. Criticisms: (i) dreams often hide anxiety or formulations that are not sexual, (ii) no simple recipe for dream interpretation, (iii) differed from jung (personal vs collective unconscious expressed in dreams: problem-solving view (cartwright) Dreams reflect and attempt to solve problems in waking life: biological view.