Psychology Chapter 3 - Sleep Flashcards

A regularly occurring altered state of consciousness that typically occurs spontaneously and is primarily characterised by a loss of conscious awareness.

An intensive study of a sleeping person involving simultaneous monitoring and recording of various physiological responses during sleep.

It detects, amplifies and records electrical activity of the brain.

<p>It detects, amplifies and records the electrical activity of muscles.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>It measures eye movements or eye positions by detecting, amplifying and recording electrical activity in eye muscles.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>A record of an individual's sleep and waking time activities over a period of time.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>It is a type of sleep that is broken into four stages, where the sleeper falls into deeper sleep as the stages progress.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>The number of brain waves per second.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>The intensity of brain waves as shown by the size of the peaks and troughs from a baseline of zero activity.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>A body spasm that may occur during NREM stage 1 sleep.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>A brief burst of higher frequency brain wave activity during NREM stage 2 sleep.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>A burst of low-frequency and slightly higher amplitude waves in response to arousing stimuli during NREM sleep.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Rapid-eye movement sleep during which the eyeballs rapidly move beneath closed eyelids and constitutes about 20% of our sleep.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>A shift forward of the normal onset time of the sleep period, resulting in sleepiness at a later time.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Accumulated nightly sleep loss that is owed and needs to be made up.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Going without sleep.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>A very short period of drowsiness or sleeping that occurs while a person appears to be awake.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>An explanation of the purpose of sleep that proposes sleep provides 'time out' to recover from and repair the wear and tear on the body.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Following a period of lost REM sleep, spending more time than usual in REM sleep when next asleep.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>An explanation that proposes sleep evolved to enhance survival by making organisms inactive during dangerous times.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>It gradually drops as we move from light sleep to deep sleep.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>It gradually drops as we move from light sleep to deep sleep, usually by about 1 degree.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Sleep laboratories are fitted with cameras to record externally observable physiological responses accompanying sleep.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Self-reports are commonly used to indicate sleep patterns, commonly through sleep diaries and questionnaires.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>EEG, EMG, EOG, heart rate monitors, body temperature monitors, and video monitoring.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Complete sleep cycle lasts for 80-120 minutes and usually occurs four to five times a night.</p> Signup and view all the answers