Psychology 1000 Lecture Notes - Lecture 6: Sleep Deprivation, Iceberg, Insomnia

• School: Western University
• Department: Psychology
• Course: Psychology 1000
• Professor: Dr.Mike

Document Summary

Can tell someone is dreaming because eyes are moving rapidly under eyelids, and brainwaves look like they are completely awake. Activity in prefrontal cortex during rem sleep is decreased part responsible for logic. Why things in our things that defy logic don"t seem weird. Sigmund freud: dreams are our unconscious thoughts and desires that need to be interpreted. Evolutionary biology: threat simulation, to prepare for real world, problem solving, no purpose. Other: maintain brain flexibility, consolidate thoughts to long-term memory, and cleaning up thoughts. + sleep retain more than those who do not sleep. But role of rem is unclear: preserve and developing neural pathways. Because infants constantly developing new neural networks spend most of time in rem sleep. Dream theories freud and activation synthesis hypothesis. Sigmund freud"s theory of dreams says dreams represent our unconscious feelings/thoughts. Job pushing you out: can help us resolve and identify hidden conflict.