Each sleep cycle lasts approximately how many minutes?
ninety
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Each sleep cycle has a total of how many phases?
eight
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In stage one and two the individuals heart rate slows, their body temperature drops and the individual is easily what?
woken
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In stages three and four the individuals metabolic rate is at its lowest and what hormone is being produced?
growth
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In stage 5 the individuals brain and eyes are active but the body is?
paralyzed
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Dement and __________(1957) found that participants don't always report dreaming in REM and sometimes report it in NREM so REM sleep may be described as dream sleep just so psychologists can explain dreaming.
kleitman
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_______________ and McCarley (1977) argued that dreams are just a read out of REM's electrical signals. Dream theories are based on the wrong assumption that REM activity is dreaming activity.
Hooson
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Born et al (1999) found that when he told participants to wake up earlier they had more __________ at the designated time. This suggests our sleep cycle can be changed.
ACTH
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In the female menstrual cycle the _________ gland produces and releases hormones that cause an egg to ripen and for oestrogen to be released. When the egg ripens progesterone is secreted and the womb lining prepares for pregnancy.
Pituitary
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In the female menstrual cycle when 2 weeks have passed an there is no pregnancy ____________ decreases and the womb lining begins to shed
progesterone
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___________ et al (1980) found that putting sweat from one group of women on the upper lip of a second group of women would make their menstrual cycles synchronize. Therefore pheromones affect menstruation and it's not always endogenous.
Russell
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PMS stands for?
premenstrualsyndrome
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Before it was thought that PMS was just a psychological problem but now it's thought to be a __________________ problem with psychological symptoms
physiological
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The explanation for the female menstrual cycle has been criticised as being? This is because PMS has been used as a legal defence and it suggests that biological rhythms are beyond our control
deterministic
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The male cycle last for 20 days and is a variation in body temperature and?
alertness
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SAD is where people get what during winter? They recover during the summer.
depressed
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SAD is caused by the darkness in winter. This causes higher melatonin levels and therefore lower ____________ levels? Low _________ is associated with depression
serotonin
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some argue that SAD is a result of ____________ circadian rhythms because people get up at the same time in winter but sleep earlier because of the dark which causes similar symptoms to jet lag
disrupted
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Understanding SAD is important because it led to the development of __________ therapy which has been proven to relieve the symptoms of SAD
light
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Other cards in this set
Card 2
Front
__________________ rhythms last under 24 hours
Back
Infradian
Card 3
Front
Each sleep cycle lasts approximately how many minutes?
Back
Card 4
Front
Each sleep cycle has a total of how many phases?
Back
Card 5
Front
In stage one and two the individuals heart rate slows, their body temperature drops and the individual is easily what?
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