PSY 2012 Lecture Notes - Lecture 7: Hypnosis, Blindfold, Insomnia
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Need around 9 hours of sleep but only get around 7: metallic rate and hormone function hand tremors irritability decreased performance. Why do we sleep protection recuperation: memory improvement cramming = bad growth insomnia: problems falling or staying asleep, more common in depressed, thin, woman narcolepsy: uncontrollable sleep attacks immediately enters rem cycle fatigue, tiredness. Sleep apnea: temporary cessations of breathing and awakenings during sleep sleep mask: most common in infancy and adults over 65. Night terrors: high arousal and an appearance of being terrified no recollection next morning: more likely to occur during non rem sleep. Night mare: happen during rem sleep because of scary images. Sleep walking: happens during non rem safe to wake up someone. Hypnosis condition of susceptibility occurring in the context of the hypnotist-subject relationship alleviate pain age regression: what can it not do? improve memory special strength looking back at previous life to solve problems help overcome bad habits.
