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PSYC 111: Intro Psychology

PSYC 111: Intro Psychology. SLEEP AND DREAMING. What is Sleep?. Stages of Sleep. Developmental Changes. Why do we sleep?. Evolutionary theory Repair and restore theory Dream theory Freudian theory (wish fulfillment) Neurocognitive Cognitive development Memory processing.

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PSYC 111: Intro Psychology

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  1. PSYC 111: Intro Psychology SLEEP AND DREAMING

  2. What is Sleep?

  3. Stages of Sleep

  4. Developmental Changes

  5. Why do we sleep? • Evolutionary theory • Repair and restore theory • Dream theory • Freudian theory (wish fulfillment) • Neurocognitive • Cognitive development • Memory processing

  6. Why can’t we sleep on cue? • Circadian rhythms • Approximately 24 hrs • SCN = zeitgeber • Disrupting the biological clock • Jet lag • Shift work

  7. Sleep disorders • Insomnia • Types • Onset • Maintenance • termination • Symptom or disorder? • Causes • Age • Depression and other psychiatric illnesses • Drug and alcohol use • Disruption of circadian rhythms

  8. Sleep disorders • REM versus non-REM phenomena • Movement • Somnambulism and REM behavior disorder • Dreams • Night terrors and Nightmares • Narcolepsy • Apnea

  9. Stress • What IS Stress? • Event? • Frustration • Conflict • Change • Pressure • Response? • Physiological responses • Physiological and neuroendocrine responses • Selye – GAS • Alarm • Resistance • exhaustion

  10. Measuring Stress • Social Readjustment Rating Scale • Daily Hassles Scale • Student Adaptation to College Questionnaire

  11. Stress and Psychopathology • Depression • Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder

  12. Stress and Coping • Stress Appraisal • Primary appraisal • Secondary appraisal • Individual differences in interpretation • Maladaptive (often) responses • Defense mechanisms • Learned helplessness • Aggression (frustration-aggression hypothesis) • Self indulgence • Constructive coping • Direct confrontation • Realistic appraisal • Inhibition of disruptive responses • Tending to physical/emotional well-being

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