Assignment 3: Essay—Sleep and Dreams Tracy Black PSY1001 SO3 Dr. Lottie G. Olson-Davidson South University Online Assignment 3: Essay—Sleep and Dreams What is the biological basis of sleep and dreams? There have been quite a few studies on sleep and why the body needs it. One study found that during sleep‚ the brain transfers information from short-term memory to long-term memory (Hunter‚ 2008). Some studies have shown that sleep helps you to stay mentally sharp because your body is
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a sleep an dreams: concious while asleep I. introduction- sleep is not a single state; instead‚ its a complex combinatination of states‚ some involving conscious awareness. II. stages of sleep- several states of conscious awareness are part of the sleep process. A. walking conscious to semi-wakeful state B.four stages of deeper sleep. C.Dream Sleep III. Hypnagogic state- we do not always go directly from wakefulness to sleep. A. we day dream. B.pass to hypnagogic state.
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knowledge on sleep but are still looking for better treatments * How can we sleep in different habitats? Underground‚ deep sea‚ and space * Recently discovered: people in a study on space sleeping found that the individuals went lethargic and had depression issues‚ didn’t move much and avoided crucial exercise (important because we don’t want to send depressed people on long voyages) * Origin of the word sleep: somnus (roman god of sleep) and hypnos (greek god of sleep)= part of the
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The biological basis for sleep is replenishment and it is essential to our minds and our body. Without getting the amount of sleep our bodies need it begins to affect us mentally. Sleep deprivation can affect normal motor functions‚ weight and eventually shorten your lifespan. While you sleep your brain goes through stages called rapid eye movement (REM) and non-REM (NREM). You dream during the REM stages and “dream content frequently connects with recent experience and things we have been thinking
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The Science of Dreams You have dreams basically every night‚ right? Well sometimes we wonder why we would have such a good or bad dream. I have always wondered that‚ so I gathered enough information to write an eight page essay about dreams. The science of dreams‚ mostly every night we have a dream. The science term for a dream is oneirology. The word dream comes from the Middle English phrase “drem.” Sometimes dreams feel as if they last all night‚ but most of them don’t
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Aristotle on Sleep and Dreams Michael Alexander Philosophy 1301 T – TH 11:30 – 12:50 Alexander 1 Aristotle’s philosophy covered a broad range of topics including the existence of God‚ politics‚ and ethics. These subjects in particular‚ sleep and dreams‚ were less glorified than others yet critical topics Aristotle proceeded to explain. Aristotle discusses dreams and sleeping in three treatises: On Sleep and Dreams‚ On Sleeping and Waking‚ and On Divination through Sleep. His concepts of mind
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-1Social psychology – the scientific study of how a person’s thoughts‚ feelings‚ and behavior are influenced by the real‚ imagined‚ or implied presence of others. • Social influence - the process through which the real or implied presence of others can directly or indirectly influence the thoughts‚ feelings‚ and behavior of an individual. • Conformity - changing one’s own behavior to match that of other people. • Groupthink - kind of thinking that occurs when people place more
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Theory Paper Sleep and Dream Professor Spurgeon Trinh Dang 3/18/2014 Sleep and Dream When we sleep‚ we go through five sleep stages. The first stage is a very light sleep from which it is easy to wake up. The second stage moves into a slightly deeper sleep‚ and stages three and four represent our deepest sleep. Our brain activity throughout these stages is gradually slowing down so that by deep sleep. About 90 minutes after we go to sleep and after the fourth sleep stage‚ we begin
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The study‚ “To Sleep‚ No Doubt to Dream” was a sleep study done by a graduate student named‚ Eugene Aserinsky in 1952. This study was done to determine the average amount of dreaming done by each person in the experiment. His theory was that when rapid eye movements occur that this could be a sign of dreaming. In this study the people participating in it were not allowed to take a naps while being a part of this experiment. This is because they could end up dreaming during the nap which would affect
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Morpheus-Greek God Morpheus is the Greek god of sleep and dreams. To me Morpheus has this cool ability to appear in dream people in any form. Also Morpheus is the god responsible for dreams of people. Another cool ability is that when a person is in the arms of Morpheus they fall into a sleep‚ and can see upcoming event in their lives or there future. Since Morpheus was the master of dreams he could copy any person in their dreams‚ and was able to take whatever they thought of wanted and keep it
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