PSY test 3What is best defined as awareness of oneself and the environment?

What are the benefits of sleep?

1. To eliminate waste products from muscles 2. To repair cells 3. To strengthen the immune system 4. To recover abilities lost during the day

Which stage of non-REM sleep is characterized by the presence of both sleep spindles and intermittent delta waves?

3

What are Sleep Apnea?

Breathing briefly stops during sleep, causing the person to choke and gasp and momentarily waken

What is the rhythm best characterized by a 24 hour cycle of sleep and wakefulness?

Circadian rhythms

What is best defined as awareness of oneself and the environment?

Consciousness

Why did Freud call dreams the "royal road to the unconscious"?

Manifest contentincludes aspects of the dream we consciously experience. Latent content includes unconscious wishes and thoughts symbolized in the dream.

The Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders 5 lists __________ as a possible psychiatric diagnosis related to a female's monthly cycle.

Premenstrual Dysphoric Disorder

What disorder can cause persons to struggle "to keep his spirits up" in the winter?

Seasonal Pattern Depressive Disorder

What is narcolepsy?

Sudden and unpredictable daytime attacks of sleepiness or lapses into REM sleep

The body's clock is said to be controlled by the _________ .

Suprachiasmatic nucleus