PSY 201 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Benadryl, Melatonin, Caffeine
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Application: alcohol and sleep medication: things people use to fall asleep (alcohol, benadryl, melatonin). They do help you fall asleep but you do not get as much rem sleep as you need. Why do we dream? unconscious desires- hints. All-nighters are terrible things: activation- synthesis: reflects brain arousal during rem. He viewed humans and said there were unconscious motives that fueled our behavior ex: food, drive, sex, simply reflects our brain arousal. If your brain activity is high you are more likely to dream: most scientists do not believe that dreams have special meaning, freud: dreams reflect unconscious motivations (brains have some. Don"t study in bed motivation, dreams, ect. Why do we sleep: restorative theory- easier to test because it is stuff currently happening. Sleep repairs the body after each day. Helps consolidate (remember) memories and facilitates learning. Helps flush out neurotoxins in the brain: evolutionary theory- hard to study.
