PSYC 1150 Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: Control Room, Sleep Disorder, Sleepwalking

• School: University of Windsor
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSYC 1150
• Professor: Ken Cramer

Document Summary

Set a schedule: no sleeping in on weekends. Relax before bed: if you lay for more than 20 minutes, get up and do something. Don"t eat big meal before going to sleep: dream a lot when full. Don"t lie in bed awake: (some say hide clocks to avoid contemplation) Insomnia, apnea, rem sleep disorder (act out dreams because body movements are not stopped) Urge to sleep narcolepsy/cataplexy loss of muscle control. Typical of stage 3 or 4 sleep (not rem, because it"s deep) Starts at 6-12 yrs; peak @ 12, ends at 15. Stress and physical activity makes us experience deep sleep (3&4), so deep sleep. Don"t waken, but guide back to bed. Hide axes, knives, shovels, and car keys. A person responds to suggestions by another for alterations of perceptions, thinking, behaviour . Originates in 17th century w/ a viennese doctor named anton mesner. Perceptual: believe water is ammonia (and vice versa, blocking pain.