PS101 Study Guide - Final Guide: Circadian Rhythm, Wish Fulfillment, Non-Rapid Eye Movement Sleep
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Sleep and the environment: everyone knows the environment affects sleep, effects of environmental factors, changes in season, shiftwork, stress, noise. Increase arousal and heart rate: decrease time in deep slow-wave sleep. Long and short sleepers (average required 6. 5 hours, 6-10: environmental factors, time of day; lifestyle. Sleep disorders: primary sleep disorders typically arise in people who have abnormalities in their circadian rhythms and sleep-wake mechanisms. I(cid:374)so(cid:373)(cid:374)ia: (cid:373)ost co(cid:373)(cid:373)o(cid:374) sleep diso(cid:396)de(cid:396), ca(cid:374)"t get to sleep, (cid:449)ake up too (cid:395)uickl(cid:455)/easil(cid:455: life stressors (i. e. job or school, more common among older individuals. Dreams: emotional, story-like sensory experiences, almost all dreams are in rem. Small number in nrem: vivid, emotional, story like, can be bizarre, no agreed upon theory. Fears, wishes, plans hope and worries- the thing we focus on while awake: common themes (canadian student survey, chased, sex, falling, teachers/studying, arriving too late, trying to do something repeatedly, so(cid:373)eo(cid:374)e dies, fl(cid:455)i(cid:374)g .
