Sleep and Counting Sheep Matthew S Corman Bethany College Abstract This paper is a summary of two handouts that test our sleep habits and determine if the amount of sleep is enough for our needs. These explanations are all pulled from personal experience and our book Exploring Psychology by David Myers. There are several theories used in this paper that are unproven but are supported by many researchers as credible. Sleep protects theory suggests that through many years of our species the
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Importance of Sleep to Humans Try to imagine the following scenarios. A man just ran his Ford F-150 truck into the subcompact car in front of him‚ all because he was “nodding off” behind the wheel. Two blocks down the street is a seriously depressed businessman‚ considering ending it all‚ buy jumping from the roof of his high-rise office building. Downstairs‚ in the same building‚ is a woman at work with a terrible headache. She is having a hard time concentrating on tasks she normally would
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Sleep disorder are on the rise and the affects millions of people in America. People need sleep to function effectively at work to balance emotional responses. Unfortunately‚ despite expanding knowledge of the negative effects of sleep lost on our physical and mental well-being‚ the health care profession has not kept pace with the growing incidence of chronic sleep deprivation. This research review will investigate the effects of sleep deprivation in healthcare worker. Several studies have been
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Macbeth Imagery In Macbeth William Shakespeare uses vivid imagery blood‚ sleep‚ and nature to convey emotion‚ meaning‚ and the gravity of the the scene. Blood is used vividly throughout Macbeth‚ from the beginning battle of the Scots and Norwegians to Lady Macbeth’s Hallucination. The mention of blood serves to set the tone of a scene and to emphasize the death and killing in the play. Such as when Duncan’s body is discovered‚ “his silver skin laced with his golden blood” (2.2.102)‚ the
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Good Sleep Hygiene: Making Students’ Lives Better One Program at a Time Abstract This paper demonstrates why we need an educational program at our university that promotes good sleep hygiene. It discusses the positive effects that this program would have. To empower students to improve their sleep that will increase their test scores. It will give a look inside sleep debt and its repercussions. It will students see that if we do not teach good sleep hygiene it can lead to negative effects on
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too much of it. In terms of fluids‚ there is adequate consumption of water. One family member consumes regular soft drinks. Sleep and rest is a real problem for the family. One family member has severe sleep apnea and both family members often have difficulty falling asleep and staying asleep. Various relaxation techniques have been tried including music‚ sleep tapes‚ white noise
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Late Night Cup of Coffee: Bad for Sleep Sleep is very important to human beings especially because it allows both our minds and body to rest. It sorts out and arranges our memory and it is necessary for our body to function well. In fact about 40% of a person’s day is allocated to sleep throughout adolescence. However‚ adolescents who are people aged 12 to 18 years need 9 hours of sleep but on average most teens get 7 hours only (Mindell and Owens 30). A variety of factors contributes to the tendency
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Sleep When a person is sleep their nervous system is inactive‚ the muscles are relaxed‚ and consciousness is suspended. This is a condition of the body and the mind and usually takes place at night time for several hours. For the most part‚ the person is inactive. However‚ the functions of the brain and the body are more active during sleep than awake. The transition between being awake and going to sleep are in the hands of the brain. The brain also plays a key role in controlling the amount of
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Sleep Debt Today society is one that is on the go all the time. Most people do not get enough sleep each day. We have become a people who unfortunately burn the candle at both ends. We stay up all night to party‚ study‚ work or just have trouble sleeping. We have become accustomed to the lack of sleep. However there are some serious consequences both short term and long term as it relates to sleep deprivation. Getting too little sleep creates a “sleep debt” (Are You Getting Enough Sleep‚ 2017)
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Covarrubias Writing 111 October 11‚ 2011 “Sleep Deprived Teens” The National Sleep Foundation (NSF) issued a news release titled “America’s Sleep-Deprived Teens Nodding Off at School‚ Behind the Wheel”. This release was to report their findings in their 2006 Sleep in America poll‚ a national survey on the sleep patterns of adolescents ages 11-17 in the United States. According to the NSF’s survey‚ not only do the majority of adolescents not get enough sleep‚ but also their parents are also mostly
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