Chapter 3, dreams
According to the cognitive development perspective dreams ___ reality
Simulate
The fact that during sleep the pituitary gland Releases a hormone necessary for muscle development supports the theory that
Sleep support growth
When high schools in Seattle Washington started 55 minutes later students
Slept more and their grades improved
The tendency for rem sleep to increase following rem sleep deprivation is referred to as
REM rebound
During an argument Trisha tries to rescue the discredited proposition that we only use 10% of our brain by suggesting that the saying is intended to mean that we are only aware of a small percentage of our brains work and then a lot of processing goes on that we are unaware of Tricias argument reference the notion of
Dual processing
The principle that information is often stimultaneously processed on separate parallel conscious and unconscious tracks is known as ___ processing
Dual processing
If one studies through the night and does not sleep to prepare for an exam how is this most likely to affect one's ability to remember material the next day during the exam
They will remember less than if they slept
What is not a good idea if one wishes to get a better nights sleep
Exercising before bed
The distinction between manifest content and Latin continent is central to ___ theory of dreams
Freud's wish fulfillment
Memory expert Erik Kandel claims that ____ of what the mind does is unconsious
Great majority
Gabe goes to bed at his regular time and as he begins to drive slowly off to sleep he jumps up suddenly as he feels he is falling down the stairs this is best explained by a ___ sensation
Hypnagogic
As the night progresses what happens to the rem stage of sleep
It increases in duration
Julie had a dream that her mother was angry at her for some unknown reason Freud Might suggest that the dream actually means that she is envious of her mother and that she's superficial meaning of the dream was just a cover for the ___ content or underlying meaning
Latent
A manufacturing company installs bright lights in a plant in which many employees work the 11 PM to 7 AM shift the lights simulate morning sun helping the nucleus to reduce the production of the sleep inducing hormone called
Melatonin
The brain admits large slow delta waves during
N3
People with the sleep disorder experience periodic overwhelming sleepiness
Narcolepsy
Which statement regarding sleep and dreaming is false
Older people sleep more than younger adults do
Sleep researchers agree that
We need REM sleep
What is the difference between narcolepsy and sleep apnea
With narcolepsy, the person periodically falls directly into REM sleep, with no warning; with sleep apnea, the person repeatedly awakens during the night.
sleep apnea
a disorder in which the person stops breathing for brief periods while asleep
___ Is the interdisciplinary Study of the links between brain states and mental experiences
cognitive neuroscience
Among adults the most common sleep disorder involves
ongoing trouble falling or staying asleep
Dreaming helps us function by
organizing information
Those who complain of insomnia typically _______ how long it actually takes them to fall asleep and ________ how long they actually slept.
overestimate; underestimate
Sleep
periodic, natural loss of consciousness--as distinct from unconsciousness resulting from a coma, general anesthesia, or hibernation
Narcolepsy
uncontrollable sleep attacks
Five possible reasons why we have that sleep
1. Sleep protects 2. Sleep held up recuperate 3. Sleep helps restore and rebuild or fading memories of the days experiences 4. Sleep aids creative thinking 5. Sleep supports growth
In which of these decades which psychologist have been least likely to claim of research interest and consciousness
1930
Which term is most synonymous with consciousness, as psychologist define it
Awareness
During the in one sleep stage a person is most likely to experience
B
Please watch the live tennis match and did not realize that a bird had landon on the empty seat next to him his inability to notice the bird can be explained by in attentional
Blindness
Selective attention is illustrated by ___ blindness ____ blundeds
Both in attentional and change
Nearest scientist study consciousness and its connection to
Brain activity
Which of the following is not one of the reasons that I've been proposed to explain why we need sleep
C
During commencement a parent sat waiting for their child's name to be called she failed to realize that the person initially reading of the graduates names left and then a new person was now reading the scenario illustrates
Change blindness
Her body temperature tends to rise and fall in sync with the biological clock which is referred to as the
Circadian rhythm
REM sleep
Rapid eye movement sleep, a recurring sleep stage during which vivid dreams commonly occur. Also known as paradoxical sleep, because the muscles are relaxed (except for minor twitches) but other body systems are active.
How was activation synthesis been used to explain why we dream
The activation synthesis theory suggests that dreams are the brains attempt to synthesize random neural activity
A woman is able to point out her friend who just yelled her name
The cocktail party effect
Delts waves
The large slow brain waves associated with deep sleep
suprachiasmatic nucleus
a pair of cell clusters in the hypothalamus that controls circadian rhythm, modifies feeling of sleepiness
Manifest content
according to Freud, the remembered story line of a dream
latent content
according to Freud, the underlying meaning of a dream
Hallucinations
false sensory experiences, such as seeing something in the absence of an external visual stimulus
What is the most common sleep disorder
insomnia
In interpreting dreams, Freud was most interested in their
latent content, or hidden meaning
insonmia
recurring problems in falling or staying asleep
___ Processing occurs when just one aspect of a stimulus is processed at a time
sequential
With respect to its function sleep does not
spur the production of free radicals.
Circadian rhythm
the biological clock; regular bodily rhythms that occur on a 24-hour cycle
Alpha waves
the relatively slow brain waves of a relaxed, awake state
Two track mind
the simultaneous functioning of both the conscious and unconscious minds (water sprayed in face= dream about waterfalls)
REM rebound
the tendency for REM sleep to increase following REM sleep deprivation (created by repeated awakenings during REM sleep)