[PSYCH 111] - Final Exam Guide - Comprehensive Notes for the exam (73 pages long!)
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James as the introduction of psychology: women such as calkins and washburn also played a large role in the discovery of psychology, and now most psychologists are women. As morning comes, our temperature rises, and begins to drop as day moves to night: the circadian cycle happens to other mammals and animals as well, sleep stages, nrem-1 (non-rem 1): slowed breathing and irregular brain waves. May experience hallucinations or sensory stimulus, and a sensation of falling: nrem-2: sleep spindles: brain experiences bursts of rapid, rhythmic brain-wave activities, nrem-3: slow delta waves that last about 30 minutes, and hard to wake. At this stage, children may wet the bed: rem (rapid eye movement): ascend to a lower level of sleep (nrem-2), and your heart-rate rises, feel like your awake, and dive into dreams. Genitals become aroused during rem, regardless of whether the dream was sexual.
