SLEEP AND DREAMS

Name:_______________

Date:_____________

1. Sleep is the ________ state of consciousness for most ______ _______.

2. Sleep is not the same as being ___________.

3. When a person is unconscious, such as being in a ____, there is little or no ______ _______ occurring.

4. Sleep is full of ______ ________. We have random ________ and ______ occurring throughout the entire sleeping process.

5. What psychologists describe as dream sleep is when this mental activity becomes _____, _______ and takes on some _____.

6. ___ sleep is also known as _____ _____.

7. The two other indicators of dream sleep are a specific ___ (___________________ or _____ _____ _______) and the ____ of ______ _____, which probably serves to _______ the dreamer so that they cannot ___ __ their dreams.

8. For the average person on the average night the first session of REM sleep occurs about __ _______ after falling asleep. These REM sessions are repeated about every __ _______, giving the average person _-_ REM sessions each night.

9. The first REM session is very _____, lasting no longer than ____ _______. The succeeding REM sessions get ______. However, the average length of a mid-sleep dream is only about __ _______.

10. The longest REM session is the ____ ___ ______ ______. This session lasts an average of about __ _______.

11. What types of dreams are the longest dreams, and when in sleep do they occur?

12. Some studies show that ________ people tend to dream in color and that __________ people dream in black and white.

13. Everyone ______ and everyone ______.

14. People who are very _____ ________ and do not approach the ______ _____ following an ___ session tend not to ________ their dreams.

15. List the three assumed purposes or functions of dream sleep.

16. Biologically, the most important function of dream sleep is _____ ______.

17. New born human infants dream ____ _____ as much as do adults.

18. Although many brain _________ are involved in sleep and dreaming, two very important ones are the neurotransmitter _________ and a brain hormone called _________.

19. Both _________ and _________ are produced by the ______ gland of the brain.

20. _________ calms the brain to induce sleep.

21. _________ triggers the brain to dream. If the brain is deficient of _________, dreaming may not occur.

22. _______ is a drug which causes low levels of _________ in the brain.

23. When alcoholics ________ from alcohol, many experience ________ _______ (___).

24. DTs are characterized by _______, ________ _________, _______ and _____________.

25. Surveys indicate that __% of all dreams are ___ dreams, dreams that the person would not want to come ____.

26. True __________ are not ______ at all because they do not occur during ___ sleep. Instead, they occur just _____ to REM sleep.

27. The worst type of _________ does occur during ___ sleep and is called a _____ ______. These are nightmares that occur more often in _____ people. They wake up ________ and ________ profusely. However, when they are asked to ______ what was so __________ about the ______ they usually cannot do so.

28. Night terrors can usually be controlled with an ____________ drug.

29. Sleepwalking is known as ____________. _____ people walk and ____ in their sleep more than _____ people.

30. If a young person walks or talks in their sleep, they will probably ___ ____ it.

31. ____ walk and talk in their sleep more than _____.

32. Contrary to myth it is ___ _________ to ______ a sleepwalker.

33. Sleepwalking can also be controlled with an ______________ drug.

34. Sleep talkers almost never divulge any _______ or _________ ___________.

35. __________ is a sleeping seizure in which the person suddenly goes into ___ _____.

36. Because ___ sleep is accompanied by ______ _________, narcoleptics ______ to the floor.

37. Narcolepsy is usually triggered by _________ _________, such as seeing an old ______ or hearing a funny ____.

38. Narcolepsy is _______ in origin, and rarely occurs before _________.

39. Narcolepsy can't be _____, but is treated with ____________ drugs and with stimulant drugs called __________.

40. Bed-wetting is known as ________.

41. Bed-wetting occurs more commonly in the _____, and is usually outgrown by __________.

42. Bed-wetting also occurs more commonly in ____ than in _____.

43. For years bed-wetting was considered a _____________ ________, but it is known today that it is a ____________ ________.

44. In the most common form of bed-wetting there is an ___________ ___________ of the _______ that occurs about __ _______ after falling asleep.

45. Parents of bed-wetters can best deal with bed-wetting by doing what five things?

46. Parents should never ______ or _________ the bed-wetter, or it may cause ___________ ________.

47. _____ _____ is when people stop ________ for long periods of time during sleep.

48. Sleep apnea occurs most often in _____ ___ who are ____ _____ and _____.

49. The first sign of sleep apnea is _______ _______ __________.

50. Sleep apnea can result in _____ ______ because the brain is deprived of ______.

51. Sleep apnea can usually be corrected __________.

52. Freud felt that the basic nature of people was __________, a term which means _______ _______.

53. According to Freud, the __ was the part of the personality which recognized needs.

54. According to Freud, the ___ was the _________ part of the personality because it could take positive action to satisfy _____.

55. According to Freud, the ________ was the moral component of the personality.

56. The superego has two components, the __________ and the ___ _____.

57. The conscience punishes us by making us feel ______ or ______.

58. The ego ideal makes us feel ____ for living up to our moral standards.

59. Freud believed that during sleep, the __ and the ___ indulged themselves while the ________ is asleep.

60. To keep from waking the superego, dreams occurred in _________ form.

61. The problem with dream interpretation is that you can never know if your interpretation is _____.

64. The ____________________ is a machine which detects and records brain wave activity. The reading that it gives is abbreviated _ _ _.

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