PSYC 300 Chapter Notes - Chapter 2: Cesare Lombroso, Fear Conditioning, Meta-Analysis
23 Oct 2020
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Impaired concentration, cognitive performance, emotional irritability, depressed immune system, fatigue and subsequent death. Frequency of accidents increase with loss of sleep (study during day lights savings) Biological clock signals the pineal gland to secrete melatonin, which affects bodily states related to being tired. Melatonin : production of this is suppressed during light. Measuring sleep: cycle about every 90 minutes, cycle in and out of them (finish slide) Measure sleep using eeg (measures brain activity, looks at brain waves) Narcolepsy : irresistible desire to fall asleep no matter what you"re doing. Obstructive sleep apnea: breathing may stop hundreds of times per hour. Rem behavior disorder: sufferers act our their dreams. Somnambulism: sleep walking insomnia: difficulty falling or staying asleep. Deeper stages of sleep, body goes into paralysis-good thing. Theories of why we sleep- don"t have solid understanding to this question. Keep us out of harms ways in ancestral environment. 2 out of 100 individuals who appear in dreams are murdered.
