PSY 1113 Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: Seasonal Affective Disorder, Rapid Eye Movement Sleep, Sleep Deprivation

• School: University of Oklahoma
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSY 1113
• Professor: Dr.Jenel Cavazos

Document Summary

Subjective understanding of the environment around us and our private internal world, unobservable to outsiders. Being drunk or on drugs or meditation, an altered mental state. Sleeping and dreaming (not paying attention, not alert but you would know if someone threw water on you) Morning people- hot in the morning, cold at night. Night people- cold in the morning, hot at night. Amount of sleep needed is a function of person and age. Senses are not as good at night. Stage 1 (non- rem), shallow and low wavelengths. Stage 4 (non- rem) , large long wavelengths. Spend most time here during the beginning of the night. Close to the surface, light level of sleep. As sleep becomes deeper, brain waves take on a slower, deeper wave pattern. Sleep that occupies a little over 20% of an adults sleeping time and is characterized by rapid eye movement, increased heart rate and blood pressure, person"s body is typically paralyzed.