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| Three Theories of Why We Sleep |
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1. The brain needs to rest
2. The body needs to be rejuvenated
3. As a defense against stress |
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1. Brain wave activity becomes smaller and more irregular, easy to be awakened
2. Brain waves increase in size, harder to awaken
3. Even deeper sleep, breathing and heart rate noticeably slow down, body temperature drops a few degrees, moderately difficult to awaken
4. Deep sleep, very hard to be awakened, "sleepwalker" phase
5. REM - Rapid Eye Movement |
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| REM stage becase brain waves resemble those of stage one |
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| While in REM, what happens to our bodies? |
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| Heart/breathing rates increase, blood pressure rises, our fingers and eyes begin twitching slightly, a man's penis becomes erect, a woman's clitoris enlarges and vaginal lubrication increases, and our skeletal muscles become totally limp |
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| When one does not spend enough sleep time in the REM phase |
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| Four Definitions of Conciousness |
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1. Sensory awareness of the environment
2. Direct inner awareness
3. Having a sense of self
4. Just being awake |
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| Thoughts and feelings outside of our awareness |
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| Thoughts and feelings that we may not be thinking about at any given moment, but we can willfully and easily access them |
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| Two Schools of Thought on the Purpose of Dreams |
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1. We simply are reviewing, sifting, and sorting through the activities we engaged in that day.
2. Dreams are symbolic: they represent our deep wishes, infantile urges, and emotional and even neurotic needs. |
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| When our dreams allow us to "live out" our deep-seated wishes |
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| What we recall from a dream |
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| Whatever the dream is symbolic of |
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| Chemicals that can affect how we think, feel and behave |
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Speed up the central nervous system.
E.g. amphetamines, cocaine, nicotine, and caffeine |
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Depress or slow down the central nervouse system.
E.g. Sedatives, tranquilizers, and alcohol |
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Derived from the opium poppy that relieves both physical and psychological pain.
E.g. Morphine and heroine |
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"Concious-altering" drugs that cause dramatic changes in perception.
E.g. Mescaline, LSD, and marijuana |
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| Why Individuals Drink Alcohol |
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| Relaxes and reduces stress, can make a dull situation fun, their peers drink, to escape boredom or problems, and to put them in a "romantic (sexual) mood" |
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| Negative Consequences of Alcohol |
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1. Automobile accidents
2. Liver cirrhosis
3. Cardiac diseases, strokes, cancer of the liver, pancreas, stomach, mouth, and throat
4. Fetal Alcohol Syndrome (FAS)
5. Death, injury, and rape
6. Enormous emotional distress |
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| What is the most dangerous drug used by humans? |
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4-5 drinks in a row for males or 4+ drinks in a row for females
Has been linked to aggressiveness, poor grades, and "high-risk" sexual activity |
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| Why is alcohol relatively uncriticized and widely used? |
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| Because we like it and have strong expectations for it |
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| Why doesn't alcohol stimulate people? |
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| Does alcohol reduce tension or eliminate worry? |
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| Yes, but the underlying problems still exist |
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| Does alcohol enhance pleasure? |
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| Perhaps, but usually it only increases one's perception of having fun |
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| Does alcohol increase sexual arousal and performance? |
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| In large quantities, it actually decreases these things |
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| What part of alcohol is good for you? |
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| The grapes in wine increase high-density lipoprotein (good cholesterol) |
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