PSYO 111- Final Exam Guide - Comprehensive Notes for the exam ( 138 pages long!)

• School: UBC Okanagan, UBC OK
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSYO 111
• Professor: Maya Libben

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Insomnia : difficulty falling asleep or staying asleep. Treatment to promote sleep but reduce the proportion of rem sleep and slow-wave sleep. Cognitive therapy can be another method to help sleep. Sleep apnea : involuntary obstruction of the airway during sleep. Can be treated by wearing a machine to sleep. Somnambulism (sleepwalking) : a person arises and walks during sleep. Peaks around ages 11-12, 25% of children experience at least one episode. Waking up a sleepwalker is not necessarily dangerous, they just might be surprised when they wake up. Sleep paralysis : the experience of waking up unable to move. Narcolepsy : a disorder in which sudden sleep attacks occur in the middle of waking activities. You go directly into sleep paralysis, so you can fall right over. Antidepressants that work on serotonin only help slightly. Five major characteristics that distinguish dreaming from waking consciousness. Vision, hearing, and smell can be experienced. pain typically isn"t experienced.