1. Consciousness The awareness of, or the possibility of knowing what is happening inside or outside the organism.

2. Sleep Stages 5 Stages of sleep. NREM REM

3. Stage 1 10 minutes Body relaxes. Brain waves slow down. Dreamlets occur.

4. Stage 2 & 3 Stage 2: 10 – 15 min. Brain waves Stage 3: 10 – 20 min. Low voltage waves every few seconds.

5. Stage 4 – DEEP SLEEP Large regular Delta waves. State of oblivion. Incubus attacks Sleep talking Sleep walking Bed Wetting with no trace in memory.

6. REM Sleep Rapid Eye Movement Brain waves resemble the awake state. Pulse Rate and Breathing Irregular. Vivid dreaming takes place. Sleeper is “Paralyzed”

7. Night Cycle Cycle through stages every 90 minutes. Each cycle stage 4 decreases. Each cycle REM stage increases.

8. Night Terrors Autonomic reaction: elevated heart rate rapid breathing perspiration Physical reaction: Sleepers will bolt upright eyes wide open often scream

9. Sleep Apnea Pauses in breathing while asleep (pause can be up 5 seconds to several minutes) Person is unaware of disturbed sleep

10. Insomnia Sleep disorder marked by the inability to fall asleep or to reach deep sleep.

11. Interpretation of Dreams Sigmund Freud 1900 Physical Function = Dreams allow sleep to continue undisturbed. “Dreams help the psyche protect and satisfy itself”.

12. Dream Diaries Manifest content: The dream story. Latent content: The hidden or built up anxieties.

13. “Dream is a wish fulfillment” Freud was aware of permissiveness in dreams, they allow actions beyond moral restrictions. Symbols: Sexual??? “sometimes a cigar is just a cigar”

14. Sleep Disorders Insomnia Sleep Apnea Narcolepsy

15. Sensory Deprivation 1951 Brainwash study (hsi nao) Subjects not able to see hear or touch anything.

16. Response Irritability Restlessness Emotionally upset Vivid Sensory Imagery

17. Hypnosis Anton Mesmer 1700’s = “mesmerize” Freud Movies Aladdin, Office Space.

18. Definition’s A relaxed state with a heightened ability to focus on certain objects acts or feelings. Brain = switchboard (ex. Pain) Trance = relaxation NOT SLEEP Cooperation not Domination

19. Posthypnotic Suggestions Eating habits Smoking Stress Fingernail biting Sports