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Sleep

Sleep . Circadian Rhythm . Biological clock Body temperature: Example : pulling an all nighter – get a second wind as morning approaches . Stage 1 . Transition into sleep Slow alpha waves Hallucinations, Falling Incorporated into memory . Stage 2 20 minutes Stage 3

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Sleep

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  1. Sleep

  2. Circadian Rhythm • Biological clock • Body temperature: • Example: pulling an all nighter – get a second wind as morning approaches

  3. Stage 1 • Transition into sleep • Slow alpha waves • Hallucinations, Falling • Incorporated into memory

  4. Stage 2 • 20 minutes Stage 3 Stage 4: Delta waves – Large and slow Sleep walking Hard to be woken up

  5. REM Sleep • Dreams • 60 minutes in • Heart rate increases • Paradoxical sleep • Sleep cycle: 90 minutes/ 5 – 6 times a night • Order of sleep cycle • 1, 2, 3, 4, 3, 2, REM, 2, 3, 4,

  6. Dream Analysis • Psychodynamic • Freud • Manifest content • Latent content

  7. Day Dreaming • Go over day dreaming article • Urge to daydream comes in waves, surging about every 90 minutes and peaking between noon and 2 pm • Average person spends almost half of his/her waking day fantasizing (varies from person to person) • Usually day dream when we would rather be somewhere else or be doings something else • Central themes: unfulfilled goals and wishes, emotions from being where we want to be

  8. Day Dreaming • Day dreams can be positive, negative, and purposeful • Happy daydreams: imagine pleasant, playful, entertaining scenarios, uncomplicated by guilt or worry • Negative: frustration, guilt, fear of failure, hostility, self-doubt, and competitive envy

  9. Day Dreaming functions • Negative : • obsessive, isolating, or problems distinguishing between fantasy and reality • Positive when: • Provide refreshing break from stressful day, remind us of neglected personal needs, harmless way of working through hostile feelings or satisfying guilty desires, build problem-solving and interpersonal skills, encourage creativity, help survive difficult situations • Prisoners of war have used fantasies to survive torture and deprivation. Provide relief from unpleasant reality and reduce internal tension and external aggression

  10. Hypnosis • Social interaction – a hypnotist suggest to a subject that certain perceptions, feelings, thoughts, or behaviors will spontaneously occur • Can anyone experience hypnosis? • Can hypnosis enhance recall or forgotten events?

  11. Can hypnosis force you to act against your will?

  12. Therapeutic? • Posthypnotic suggestion:

  13. 10 percent of us can become so deeply hypnotized that we can even undergo major surgery without anesthesia • Half of us can gain at least some pain relief from hypnosis • Hypnotized patients: required less medication, recovered sooner, and left the hospital earlier than hypnotized controls. This is because of the inhibition of pain-related brain activity • Europe: surgical use of hypnosis has flourished – one Belgian medical team has performed more than 5000 surgeries with a combination of hypnosis, local anesthesia, and a mild sedative

  14. Progressive Muscle Relaxation • Self inducing an altered state of consciousness • Helpful to reduce anxiety • Tensing and relaxing muscles

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