PSYC 2230 Study Guide - Sig Sauer P226, P73, Adrenocorticotropic Hormone

• School: York University
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSYC 2230
• Professor: Mary Theresa Howard

Document Summary

There are structures that come into play in emotion and motivation; ex: separating the medulla from the spinal cord and the organism goes through normal sleep wake cycle (encephala isole preparation) (p63 65, separation of the colliculi from the brainstem the organism is deprived of crucial structures (medulla, pons, reticular activating system ras) and organism sleeps constantly (cerveau isole preparation, ras: nerve cells in central core of brain stem (fig 3. 5, p65). Sleep of kittens, puppies, and rat pups is 100% rem and may indicate periods of neuronal organization within the brain: dreams: on average 100 minutes per night spent dreaming; brief dreams to one hour dreams, dreams not usually emotional; however when present, emotion usually negative, early night dreams draw on events of the day: called day residues, late night dreams draw on store memories, middle age adults show less aggressiveness, friendliness, and emotion as compared to younger adults, rem sleep changes with age and becomes less stable.