Joel A Head
Dilbur Arsiwalla
Development Psychology
April 11, 2016
Journal 2
Sleep
Sleeping disorders consist of falling and staying asleep, Problems staying awake, Sleep disordered breathing, sleep disruptive behaviors, rhythmic movements.
Falling involves difficulty falling asleep or maintaining sleep, including early awakenings is insomnia. Insomnia is often secondary medical condition. Primary insomnia is learned sleep prevention associations and physiological arousal, resulting in sleeplessness and decreased daytime functioning. Transient insomnia is days to week. Acute insomnia 3 weeks to 6 months. Chronic insomnia lasts for years.
Problems staying awake is narcolepsy. Narcolepsy is a chronic lifelong neurological disorder characterized by profound daytime sleepiness and functional impairment. The symptoms are excessive daytime sleepiness. Cataplexy sudden loss of muscle strength after an intense emotion. Sleep paralysis brief inability to move or speak. Hallucinations may occur at sleep onset or upon wakening.
“Treatments for sleepwalking and sleep terrors are safety, sleep hygiene, behavioral management, medications, and scheduled awakenings.”
“Consequences of sleep deprivation, decreased performance, impaired memory, and cognitive functioning, stress in relationships, poor quality of life, longevity, physical health, and mental health.”
The readings didn’t tell us how to behavioral management to treat sleep walking and sleep terrors.
Chapter 5
Jean Piagets four stages of cognitive development are Sensorimotor stage, preoperational stage, concrete operational stage, and formal operational stage.
Adaption is the process of changing schemes through direct interaction with the environment. Assimilation is absorbing new experiences or information into existing schemes. Accommodation is modifying existing schemes to incorporate new information.
Object permanence is understanding that objects continue to exist when out of sight. Develops in Sub stage 4.
“According to piaget, a baby will use a sensorimotor scheme, such as mouthing or banging, to undertand a new object.” P.169
“Egocentrism largely explains why many preschoolers talk to themselves, even in the presence of others, and often ignore what others are telling them. This behavior illustrates the egocentric nature of preoperational children’s thinking.” P.175
I don’t have any concerns or criticism for the readings, I thought this chapter was one other best in the book, and best we have covered so far.