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Biological clock Body temperature: Example: pulling an all nighter – get a second wind as morning approaches
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Transition into sleep Slow alpha waves Hallucinations, Falling Incorporated into memory
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Stage 2 20 minutes Stage 3 Stage 4: Delta waves – Large and slow Sleep walking Hard to be woken up
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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,
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Psychodynamic Freud Manifest content Latent content
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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
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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
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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
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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?
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Can hypnosis force you to act against your will?
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Therapeutic? Posthypnotic suggestion:
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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
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Self inducing an altered state of consciousness Helpful to reduce anxiety Tensing and relaxing muscles
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