PSYC 2000 : Psychology Exam 4 Study Guide
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Know the different brainwaves and sleep stages (e. g. , during what sleep stage do people dream, what do brainwaves look like during different stages ) During what sleep stage do people dream: rem sleep, stage 5. What do brainwaves look like during different stages: awake but relaxed, alpha waves, stage 1 and stage 2, theta waves, stage 3 and stage 4, delta waves, stage 5: rem sleep. Know the different sleep disorders (e. g. , narcolepsy, sleep apnea, rem behavior disorder, fatal familial insomnia, sleep paralysis ) Narcolepsy: sleep disorder in which a person falls immediately into rem sleep during the day without warning. Sleep apnea: failure to breathe when asleep. Rem behavior disorder: a rare disorder in which the mechanism that blocks the movement of the voluntary muscles fails, allowing the person to thrash around and even get up and act out nightmares. Fatal familial insomnia: a rare genetic sleep disorder that shows us what can happen without sleep.
