PSY 3171 Lecture Notes - Lecture 16: Suprachiasmatic Nucleus, Circadian Rhythm, Bulimia Nervosa

• School: University of Ottawa
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSY 3171
• Professor: Allison Jane Ouimet

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Malingering when somebody motivated by external incentives to intentionally produce symptoms. Shared characteristics of bulimia and anorexia are intense fear of getting fat, place high value on their body image (over evaluation) Clinicians may diagnose insomnia disorder if somebody is distressed about their sleep and have at least one of: (cid:272)an"t fall asleep, (cid:272)an"t stay asleep, or (cid:449)ake up early and (cid:272)an"t go (cid:271)a(cid:272)k to sleep. Parasomnia is weird things happening during sleep. Rem sleep approximately every 90 minutes: rem sleep is close to waking brain activity. Stage 1 is half awake and half asleep. If woken up, may not think they fell asleep. Sleep needs depends on age and are very individual: hard to tell if needs are a(cid:272)tually different or if it"s per(cid:272)ei(cid:448)ing that one has enough sleep, as one gets older, sleep needs are lower. Sleep needs are caused by two things. Internal circadian rhythm: external factors (like clocks)