biopsych ; biological rhythms ; infradian + ultradian

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INFRADIAN RHYTHMS
DGDF
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- menstrual cycle
dfgdf
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governed by monthly changes in what?
hormone levels
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whcih regulate?
ovulation
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cucle refers to time starting from?
first day of period
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when what happens?
womb lining shed
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to when?
day before next period
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typical cycle approximately how many days to complete?
28
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in each cycle what causes ovary to develop an egg and release it?
rising levels of oestrigen
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after ovulation what helps womb lining grow thicker?
progestrone
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readying body for?
pregnancy
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if pregnancy doesn't occur what happens to egg?
absorbed into body
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and womb lining?
comes away and elaves body
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- research study
dfgfd
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what kind of system?
endogenous
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evidence suggests it may be influenced by exogenous factors like?
cycles of other women
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what did stern + mcclintock demonstrate?
how menstrual cycles may synchronise as result of phermones
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used how many women w/ history of irregualr periods?
29
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and gathered phermone samples from how many women?
9
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from?
different stages of menstrual cycles
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via?
armpit octton pad
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pads worn for @ least how long?
8hrs
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then pads treated with alcohol and frozen for other women to do what?
rup on upper lip
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on day one pds from the start of cycle applied to how many women?
20
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mcclintock fd what % women experienced changes o cycle bringing closer ot odour donor?
68%
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ULTRADIAN RHYTHMS
DFGD
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what is the most intensively researched?
stages of sleep cycle
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how many stages?
5
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altogether spanning
90mins
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each stage characterised by diff level of?
brainwave activity
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what are stages 1 and 2?
light sleep
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where person can be easily?
woken
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what happens to brainwave patterns?
start becoming slower and more rhythmic
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what happens as sleep becomes deeper?
slower
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stages 3 and 4 involve what kind of waves?
delta
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which are faster or slower?
slower
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and have greater what than earlier?
amplitude
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this is called deep sleep or?
slow wave slee
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and its difficult to do what at this pt?
rouse them
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what kind of sleep is stage 5?
REM sleep
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body paralysed but what happens to brain activity?
speeds up to manner resembling awake brain
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why is it called REM?
fast jerky eye activities udnder eyes
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activity here is highly correlated with what in sleep?
dreaming
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EVALUATION
DFGDF
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:) evolutionary basis of menstrual cycle
dgdf
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for ancestors it may have been advantageous for females to menstruate together why?
fall pregnant at same time
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meaning what for new borns?
could be caredfor collectively
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increasing chances of?
offspring survival
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however wat did schank suggest about too many females cycling together in social grp?
create competition for highest quality males
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from this pov which would seem most adaptive evolutionary strategy?
avoidance of synchrony
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:( methodological limitations in sychn stydies
gdf
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commentators argue what may act as confounding variables?
stress / diet changes / exercise etc
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meaning any supposed pattern of synch is no more than would have been expected by?
chance
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what's difficult with sample?
small size
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and relies on women doing what?
self-reporting
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other studies failed to do what?
find any evidence of menstrual synchrony
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:) evidence supporting idea of sleep stages
dfgdf
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dement and kleitman monitored sleep patterns where?
sleep lab
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brainwave activity recorded on?
EEG
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and rsrchrs controlled for effects of?
caffeine / alcohol
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REM in sleep highly correlated with?
dreaming
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brain activity varied accoriding to what about dreams?
vividness
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and pps woken in dreaming reported?
v accurate recall of dreams
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what have replications shown?
similar findings
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though waht ahs been criticised methodologically?
small sample size
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EVAL EXTRA
DFGD
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:( animal studies
dfgdf
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much knowledge of what derived from animals?
effect of phermones on behaviour
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for instance why do sea urchins release pheromones into surrounding water?
so other urchins eject sex cells simultaneously
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but in contrast evidence for effects in humna behaviour remains?
specilative and inconclusive
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