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stages of sleep-the state of transition between wakefulness and sleep, characterized by relatively rapid, low-ampltude brain waves
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Stage 1 sleep
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stages of sleep-a sleep characterized by a slower, more regular wave pattern, along with memory interpretations of "sleep spindles"
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Stage 2 sleep
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stages of sleep-a sleep characterized by slow brain waves, with greater peaks and valleys in the wave pattern than in another stage of sleep
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Stage 3 sleep
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stages of sleep-a stage of sleep during which we are least responsive to outside stimulation
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Stage 4 sleep
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Sleep occupying 20% of an adults sleeping time, characterized by increased heart rate, blood pressure, and breathing rate; erections; eye movements; and the experience of dreaming
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Rapid eye movement or rem sleep
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Sigmund freud's theory that dreams represent unconscious wishes that dreamers desire to see fulfilled
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Unconscious wish fulfillment theory
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According to freud, the "disguised" meanings of dreams, hidden by more obvious subjects
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Latent content of dreams
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According to freud, the apparent story line of dreams
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Manifest content of dreams
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basic explanation-dreams are the result of random activation of various memories, which are tied together in a logical story linemeaning of dreams-dream scenario that is constructed is related to dreamers concern
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Activation synthesis theory
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basic explanation-dreams represent unconscious wishes the dreamer wants to fulfillmeaning of dreams-latent content reveals unconscious wishes
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Unconscious wish fulfillment theoru
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basic explanation-information relevant to daily survival is reconsidered and reprocessedmeaning of dreams-clues to everyday concerns about survival
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Dreams-for survival theory
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The theory suggesting that dreams permit information that is critical for our daily survival to be reconsidered and reprocessed during sleep
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Dreams-for-survival theory
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Hobson's theory that the brain produces random electrical energy during rem sleep that stimulates memories lodged in various portions of the brain
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Activation-synthesis theory
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Biological processes that occur regularly on approximately a 24-hour cycle
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Circadian rhythms
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A trancelike state of heightened susceptibility to the suggestions of others
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Hypnosis
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