Sleeping and Dreaming 0.0 / 5 ? PsychologySleeping and DreamingGCSEEdexcel Created by: BananaMilk_01985Created on: 11-03-19 18:42 Sleep cycle A nightly pattern of deep sleep, light sleep and dreaming 1 of 29 REM sleep Part of the sleep cycle with rapid eye movements caused by eyes moving a lot behind the eyelids when dreaming occurs. 2 of 29 NREM sleep Non-rapid eye movement sleep 3 of 29 Sensory blockade In REM sleep, all incoming sensory information is stopped. 4 of 29 Neuron A nerve cell that transmits information. 5 of 29 Movement inhibition In REM sleep, when movement is prevented. 6 of 29 Sleep deprivation Not having enough sleep; this can affect physical functioning such as weight and brain functioning. 7 of 29 Circadian rhythms Human body rhythms that have a daily (24 hour) cycle, such as sleep-wake cycle. 8 of 29 Sleep-wake cycle A circadian/ daily rhythm generally triggered by the day-night cycle. 9 of 29 Ultradian rhythms Rhythms that occur in a period of less than 24 hours, such as sleep cycle. 10 of 29 Endogenous Internal pacemakers; our biological clock. 11 of 29 Hormones Chemical messengers taking messages through the bloodstream. 12 of 29 Melatonin A hormone involved in setting circadian rhythms, including the sleep-wake cycle and blood pressure. 13 of 29 Pineal gland A small endocrine gland that produces melatonin. A endocrine gland produces a hormone that is secreted into the bloodstream. 14 of 29 Exogenous External cues in the environment that affect our biological clock. 15 of 29 Zeitgebers External cues that synchronise our biological rhythms; for example, to a 24- hour clock. 16 of 29 Entrainment When biological rhythms are matched to their environmental triggers, such as circadian rhythms being set in response to external (light) cues. 17 of 29 Insomnia Problems with sleeping at night that cause difficulties during the day. 18 of 29 Narcolepsy Inabiliy to control sleeping and waking, so experiancing involuntary daytime sleeping. 19 of 29 Unconscious mind An inaccessible part of the mind that affects behaviuor and feelings. 20 of 29 Id The part of Freud's personality theory that is demaning, thought of as 'I want..' 21 of 29 Superego The part of Freud's personality theory that is the conscience, thought of as 'You can't have..' 22 of 29 Ego The part of Freud's personality theory that is reasoning, to balance demands of the id and superego. 23 of 29 Manifest content The story the dreamer tells of what happens in a dream. 24 of 29 Latent content The deeper meaing behind what is said the dream is about. 25 of 29 Dreamwork The transformation of unconscious thoughts into dream content. 26 of 29 Psychosexual stages Freud's (1905) theory of child development (the oral, anal, phallic, latent, and genital stages) 27 of 29 Phallic stage The third of Freud's stages during which the Oedipus comlex is worked through. 28 of 29 Oedipus complex Part of the Freud's stage; a boy has unconscious feelings for his mother and hates his father, who he sees as a rival and fears will castrate him. 29 of 29
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