PSY 1012 Lecture Notes - Lecture 59: Parasomnia, Lysergic Acid Diethylamide, Pethidine
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In the activation-synthesis model of dreaming, what is synthesized? a hodgepodge of memories and sensations that are internally generated by the brain. According to the activation-synthesis model of dreaming: dreams are meaningful insofar as they reflect how the dreamer imposes personal meaning on the images generated by his or her brain. Dyssomnias are sleep disorders involving disruptions in the amount, quality, or timing of sleep. During episodes of obstructive sleep apnea (osa), the: sleeper"s airway becomes narrowed or blocked, causing very shallow breathing or repeated pauses in breathing, disrupting sleep. The parasominias are: sleep disorders that involve undesirable physical arousal, behaviors, or events during sleep, or sleep transitions. Although he was fast asleep, 12-year-old scott got out of bed and walked to the kitchen with slow but automatic movements and began to fumble with the lock on the back door. Scott has had a number of such _____ episodes and rarely remembers anything about them in the morning. sleepwalking.
