Psychology: lesson consciousness and sleep & dreams

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interpretation

your personal meaning given to places, events, situations, and people

describe preconscious

A memory that can be easily triggered by things is stored in this state of mind

Which statements are true about the sleep cycle? A person can go through the sleep cycle multiple times in one night. The sleep cycle does not repeat itself in order of 1, 2, 3, 4, and REM. Deep sleep occurs in the first two stages of sleep. Dreams occur during the REM stage. Acting out dreams is always a potential danger of REM sleep.

A person can go through the sleep cycle multiple times in one night. The sleep cycle does not repeat itself in order of 1, 2, 3, 4, and REM. Dreams occur during the REM stage.

How does the view of twentieth-century scientists differ from ancient cultures when it comes to the meaning of dreams? Ancient cultures understood about REM sleep long before today's current scientific discovery. Twentieth-century scientists believe dreams reveal personal meaning of beliefs. Ancient cultures believed that dreams had spiritual meaning. Scientists know that both religion and biology are involved in dreams.

Ancient cultures believed that dreams had spiritual meaning.

Why is sleep deprivation bad for your health? You can end up with headaches, dizziness, or depression. You often don't feel like doing your homework. You will develop a taste for energy drinks. You run the risk of developing a higher body temperature.

You can end up with headaches, dizziness, or depression.

How do you formulate a perception? You rely on the information told to you. You recall old memories and evaluate them. You experience the outside world through your senses. Your brain interprets the messages into a story.

You experience the outside world through your senses.

consciousness

awareness of your existence, sensations, thoughts, surroundings

ccording to Freud, what do dreams do? reveal urges and desires allow you to see into the unconscious mind freely explore your conceptions and perceptions both A and B

both A and B

What tool of dream analysis says that feelings and urges are hidden inside an event? condensation symbolism projection displacement

condensation

During REM sleep, our muscles are paralyzed. The Activation Synthesis Theory of dreams says that this temporary paralysis _____ the brain. confuses helps deceives assists

confuses

Dreams: Being chased

feeling threatened by people or your emotions

Dreams: Failing a test

feeling unprepared

Dreams: Flying

freedom and control over your life

insomnia

inability to fall or stay asleep

Dreams: Falling

insecurity

deprivation

lacking; going without

N1 sleep stage

light sleep begins. Muscles relax, and your consciousness of your surroundings diminishes.

A person who randomly falls asleep most likely has _____. narcolepsy sleep apnea insomnia

narcolepsy

Which describes a conscious experience? noticing that the front door has two locks on it hearing a favorite song on the radio and remembering a school dance smelling a pizza and dreaming about an Italian restaurant

noticing that the front door has two locks on it

Dreams: Drowning

overwhelmed with something in your life

Charles walks from a dimly lit room into the backyard where the sun is shining very brightly. Charles feels the sun's heat and stands to enjoy the feeling of sun's summer rays on his skin. He doesn't mind the heat. He welcomes it! According to Hall's cognitive dream theory, Charles' positive view of the bright sun represents his _____ of the sun. conception interpretation perception

perception

Oahsee smells fresh-baked cinnamon rolls and suddenly her memory is taken back to being age ten at her grandma's house. Which type of consciousness is responsible for her memory? conscious preconscious nonconscious

preconscious

REM

rapid eye moment; stage of sleep during which a person dreams

manifest content

the aspects of a dream or fantasy that you remember

latent content

the hidden aspects of a dream that you must figure out

decode

to figure out or unscramble hidden meaning

perception

understanding something through your mind or the senses

conception

your personal interpretation of your senses or thoughts

How are the Core-Optional and adaptive sleep theories the same? Both believe that a person sleeps for survival. Both believe that you don't need every amount of sleep you get. Both believe that sleeping is necessary for healing.

Both believe that sleeping is necessary for healing.

How are sleep apnea and narcolepsy the same? A) Both conditions leave you feeling tired during the day. B) Both conditions are classified as sleeping disorders. C) Snoring is a characteristic of both. D) both A and B

D) both A and B

N3 sleep stage

Deep sleep begins. This is the stage where sleepwalking, sleeptalking, bedwetting, and night terrors occur.

N4 sleep stage

Deep sleep continues

What can you do to overcome insomnia? Go to bed sometime before midnight. Don't drink energy drinks or drinks containing caffeine before bed. Exercise strenuously in the late evenings. You can't overcome insomnia.

Don't drink energy drinks or drinks containing caffeine before bed.

T/F There is one correct way to interpret a dream.

False

N2 sleep stage

Light sleep continues. Complete consciousness of the external world disappears.

Sleep stage 5

REM sleep. The brain is active and dreaming. Your eyes move rapidly under the eyelids. Muscles are paralyzed so you don't act out your dreams.

What happens during free association? A person talks about a dream, making connections by openly talking. Connections are made at no cost from the therapist. You explore the role of the brain's functions in the dream. One right answer is always found.

A person talks about a dream, making connections by openly talking.

Why do people seem to remember nightmares more than their other dreams? Nightmares have a more intense emotional impact. Nightmares last longer than regular dreams. Nightmares reveal more personal information about people. Nightmares are simply a trap of the mind.

Nightmares have a more intense emotional impact.

During what sleep stage does bedwetting happen? Stage N1 Stage N2 Stage N3 REM sleep

Stage N3 (and N4)

What is a possible and typical meaning for someone who dreams about falling off a ladder? The person is feeling insecure in real life. The person is uncomfortable with heights. The person is feeling elation, and the fall is really freedom. The person is confident and testing his boundaries.

The person is feeling insecure in real life


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