...Five Making Six Stages of Slumbering Activities in Your Brain By: Bill Pak Section: #1762 (I was allowed permission by you to turn in this term paper due to some personal issues with the original term topic) Ever wondered what in blue blazes your brain is doing when you sleep? Well so far, all the research and experiments that have been made to understand and answer this question have resulted with the so called six stages of sleep. The six stages of sleep starts from Stage 0 to Stage 5. Stage 0 is not really considered a stage since it involves the person of interest being awake. Sequentially, Stage 1 is considered to be the beginning of being asleep. Following Stage 1 is Stage 2 which is well known for its sleep spindles and K-complexes (L & F 8). Afterwards, Stage 3 is considered to be a transition phase towards Stage 4 and both stages are collectively often titled as deep sleep (McPhee 20). Lastly, but not the least, Stage 5 is identified as dream sleep and with REM (McPhee). Each stage is not just discerned by its major aspects, but by the activity in the brain in each stage. Although sleep can be described through the various behavioral changes, the different activities in the brain allow the discerning of each stage during sleep. Each stage is distinguished by various electrical activities and patterns across the brain (L & F 7). These electrical activities and patterns consistently change between each stage (McPhee 17). Obviously, each stage has its own unique...
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...There are five stages of sleep. They are 1. Falling asleep and trying to get comfortable. Some people can get through this stage in a few minutes and other people it takes longer. 2. You go into a light sleep. You can still be taken up easily here but you are starting to lose consciousness. Your heart rate and breathing slow down here. 3. You are in a deeper sleep and on to the 4th stage of deep sleep. This is also called delta sleep because of the delta waves of the brain. This is when your body relaxes and regenerates. The final stage is REM or rapid eye movement. In this stage you dream. There are some beliefs about dreaming which are: External stimuli such as a phone ringing or knocking on the door can intergrade into your dreams. Another belief is that dreams last a short time. Some also feel that they do not dream at all while others believe that erections are due to a sexual dream when they are actually due to sheets or something rubbing against the penis. Sleep walking and talking are a belief that happen while you dream. A couple of theories of dreaming are recuperation where your body restores itself and psychoanalytic dreams where your subconscious acting out your hidden desires or thoughts accord to Sigmund Freud. There are other theories about dreaming as well such as we dream as therapy to make sense of things. I think we dream for all of the reasons. I think that for me anyway, it helps me deal with things and realize things to make sense of...
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...You have four stages: 1- Theta waves (high amplitude, slow waves) for 5-10 minutes, transition between awake and asleep 2- Sleep spindles for 20 minutes, body temp goes down and heart slows 3- Delta waves emerge (deep slow brain waves) this is the transition between light and heavy sleep 4- "Delta sleep", you're definitely having delta waves, you're in deep sleep and might sleepwalk, bed wet etc...30 minutes - REM...Rapid eye movement, increased breathing, and increased brain activity...here you'll dream you cycle through these five stages 4-5 times a night like this 1, 2, 3, 4, 3, 2 THEN REM (where you dream etc.), then back up and down. Common problems include sleep apnea (usually overweight males), sleepwalking, bedwetting, insomnia, chronic fatigue, restless leg syndrome, and narcolepsy Narcolepsy- daytime uncontrollable sleepiness, may fall asleep...caused by dysfunction of the brain mechanism that controls sleeping and waking Sleep apnea- disorder in which you’re breathing temporarily stops throughout the night. Can be caused by being overweight or any kind of blockage of the upper airways Sleepwalking - complex behavior accomplished while asleep, you can talk, even have your eyes open. Have a lot of causes like genetic predisposition or environmental causes like sleep deprivation or stress. Rapid eye movement is the stage in which we dream every night. There are 5 stages of sleep. The first stage is a transition phase called Alpha Theta, eyes roll slightly, only lasts...
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...obstacles it is surprising that so many people choose to have children. Whether by accident or choice a parent is by far the most under appreciated of all jobs in the world and yes I said JOB!!!! From the time a child is born parenting becomes a 24/7 job. A job that requires such precision and skill that a parent should be held at a high level of regard.Parents must know how to feed the baby, change the baby and hold the baby. There are certain ways a baby must sleep. So many things a parent must know. One must know how to dress the baby in proper clothing and the right kind of detergent to use so not to harm the skin. After the baby stages parents must teach the baby how to take its first steps, eat more solid food. First words. Parents teach their toddlers the dangers that lurk and right and wrong. A parent begins to form a different kind of bond with their children. This bond is more interactive because now at this stage the child is so busy, ready to explore and the parent knows that every step the child takes is another step towards independence and danger is more prevalent by means of falls from this new found exploratory skill. The child continues to grow rapidly and now stands nearly as tall as the parent. Where did the time go? There was once a baby now you see a grown son or daughter. Parenting doesn't stop there. Parenting is life long. The child will still face dangers throughout life...
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...Living... So here’s my story, it was another typical plain and ordinary day for me, yippee. I woke up at around 4 am due to the wonderful melody of my very friendly neighbor’s dog. My class was still at 8am so I tried to get back to sleep but guess what, I can’t. Tick tock the clock went, great. For the past 4 years ever since I’ve moved to this town in order to pursue my college degree, I’ve been always awakened that very noisy dog. I get up, prepare my breakfast, take a bath, wear my uniform, prepare my bag and leave. I walk going to school with the spare time I have. Time check, its 7 o’clock and I’m already in school. I go in; I stay at the library and try look for something to entertain me. After a boring while I check my clock again, 7:45, I proceed to my first class. Blah, blah, the teacher talks on and on and I get bored. She calls my attention, looks at me sternly then proceeds with her lecture. I mean, what is wrong with her? A few more subjects crawled by agonizingly slowly and then it was dismissal time. I say goodbye to my friends and head straight home. As I was walking I saw a hysterically happy little boy. “Hey kid, why do you look so happy?” The boy looked at me with his big wide smiling eyes and said “I have cancer, stage three.” “What? And you’re happy about that?” The smiling eyes I have seen just moments ago changed, they got serious. “Mister, life isn’t about how long you live”, he said. “It’s about living the remaining time you have to the fullest...
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...A Raisin in the Sun Act III-A Lesson Learned In the final scene in “A raisin in the Sun,” some very important and much needed lessons are learned. Life changing decisions are made and for the better. In the last scene, Walter calls Lindner over to agree to take payment in lieu of moving into the all white neighborhood. Walter, as usual, can only think of money, and in his mind believes the large payoff from Lindner will be well worth selling out his family’s pride and honor. Lena decides, as Walter’s mother, to force his son Travis to stay to witness this life changing moral decision, in hopes that Walter will come to his senses; to everyone’s surprise he does. Walter looks into his son’s eyes and can’t sell his family short with his son watching. He decides to do what is best for the family’s morale rather than do what will put money in his pocket. That one decision shows the enormous lesson learned by Walter and how he changed. Character: The characters are well illustrated for us by the way they speak, their actions, and reactions to things. It is clear that Lena (Mama) has very little education and comes from a different time than the others. Ruth and Walter, the next generation, are slightly better spoken but still lack the educated speech that Beneatha and Travis, even younger, display with their current educations. Mama (Lena) is described as a big, strong woman, which is shown by how she reacts to the other characters, steering them the way she wants and mothering...
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...ACT 2 SCENE 3 Multiple Choice: The curtain is open; the stage brightly and flatly lit. A hospital bed is hidden by a hospital-type screen occupying Central Stage. Beside the bed, there is a cheap chair, and also a sofa which is further from the bad. There is an old man overlie the bad with doing a drop. Round him, an old lady who wears an old style dress is sobbing, a young lady who wears a black suit is looking at the old man’s face with the kind of anxious expression, and a young man that uses leisure wear is looking at the floor. The NARRATOR, enters from S.L., she stops in front of a little platform which located in S.L., and she stands on it. Next, she faces to the audience, and adjusts her stance. Now, she starts to tell the story. Directional Light points to her, and other parts of the stage become dark. NARRATOR: Yan and John visited her father’s apartment, after a while, her father suddenly passed out. All of them are in hospital now, and Mr. Fang is still in a coma. After a cell phone rings, JOHN DOC walks to the STAGE RIGHT, and he pick up the phone. YAN helps Mrs.Fang sit down on the sofa, and she sits down on the chair in front of the hospital bed. She holds her father’s left hand, and put on her face. After that, she turns her head toward the audiences. She views the audiences as herself, and she starts to soliloquy. YAN: Why! Why my father have to suffer...
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... Introduction There are five main stages in group development. These are formation, storming, norming, the performing stage and the adjourning stage (Hellriegel & Slocum, 2007). It is necessary for each of these stages to be undertaken by every group; clearly knowing when on stage ends and another begins. Failures to do so, problems occur, that may culminate to poor performance or not completing the assignment at all. An analysis on a research carried out in the University of Ontario, school of business. Students were asked to carry out a group assignment. This paper discusses Problems, causes and possible solutions of the problems in this group. a) The Issue. In Christine’s group, there are a number of issues that stir concern. Mike does not take his part of the assignment seriously. He comes to meetings poorly prepared and enjoys talking about unimportant issues during discussions and misses others. Janet, although hardworking, misses meeting sessions without apology. Christine, as the group leader, does not manage to unite the group members so as to achieve the best results. This does not comply with the mission statement and job description they had earlier signed in the exhibits. Janet’s plan to leave the group and work alone is an indication of the failure of the group to stick together. The major issue in this organization is leadership incompetence. b) The Problem Cause. In The forming stage, the members get to understand each other; allocating...
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...learned to complete the second simulation in a much more efficient and timely manner. There are three stages in the simulation, including mobilization, movement, and sustain phases. The simulation begins in the mobilization phase, and in this phase it was important to get everyone aware of the new change we wish to initiate in the company. The key factor in the beginning was to introduce the new project to each person on a personal level, using personal interviews, skill building, and getting consultant’s support. All of these involve personal contact and were effective in making people both aware and interested to the change. The second stage was movement phase, and the key factors that lead to success in this stages was maintaining high credibility. We could gain credibility through getting consultant’s support and getting CEO’s public support. As majority individuals got into interest and trial stages we were able to use town hall meetings and walk the talk, which attracted more workers to be in interest and trial stages. Again, maintaining high credibility was important throughout the stages because low credibility meant low chance with people would buy in to the initiative. Lastly, in the sustain phase, having personal contact with each individual using private interview was an extremely powerful tool for making individuals in trial stages to move up to adoption stage. Moreover, recognizing an adopter, walk the talk , and holding town hall meeting were also...
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...which cover: 1 2 3 4 The investigation as a whole Planning Stage Developing Stage Evaluation Stage Handouts 1 and 2 could be distributed at the start of the investigation while the other two could be given to students once they completed the previous stage of their investigation and are ready to embark on the next part of the process. If desired, all could be handed out at the start of the investigation. Investigation In order to successfully complete the HND in Business with Accounting you must undertake an investigation of a business issue. This is a graded assessment and you will be given a grade for your work. Your grade will be determined by your mark: Grade A — 70% – 100% Grade B — 60% – 69% Grade C — 50% – 59% If you do not achieve 50%, you will not achieve in this Unit. You are required to investigate a business issue and to assess its implications for a business or a number of businesses. The investigation has three stages: 1 Planning stage — for this you must prepare a brief for your investigation and devise a plan to carry it out. This stage carries 24% of the total marks. Developing stage — this carries 52% of the total marks and requires you to produce a written report of your investigation. Evaluating stage — for this you must provide an evaluation of the effectiveness of all parts of your investigation. This stage carries 24% of the total marks. 2 3 Throughout the planning and development stages of the investigation you will produce a log of activities...
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...that assists them in identifying the progression through the different stages of the project. A project is typically defined as an undertaking that is of a complex nature that is non-routine, a one-time effort and is limited by time, budget constraints, resources, and performance specifications designs to meet the specific needs of the final recipient (Grey & Larson, 2006). A project in its established characteristics possesses a defined life span with a beginning and end date, an established objective, specific time, cost, and performance requirement as mentioned earlier. A project also involves several departments and professionals, and most importantly, doing something that has never been done before. From the characteristics of a project mentioned above, a project life cycle fits with the defined life span of the project and the milestones that needs to be accomplished at different stages while the project is in progress. The project life cycle consists of four different stages which includes the defining or initiation phase, the planning phase, the execution phase, and finally the closure phase. Through these four stages, the project kicks off, starting out slowly in the first stage, increase to a high peak as it is in full swing, and then declines as the project comes to a close. These different stages will be discussed in further detail and a visual demonstration will also be given. The first stage of the project life cycle...
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...existing models of discussion along with the affects, behaviours and cognitive feelings recognized as part of the process of change throughout the stages in each. Bridges Transition Model This model focuses on the transition process rather than the steps of change. Change may happen to people without any warning, as where transition is usually a slow internal process. The Bridges Transition Model is defined by 3 stages. Stage 1 – Ending, Losing and Letting Go This stage involves letting go of the way things are. Resistance and emotional disturbance are commonly present in the beginning stages of this model. The affects of this stage includes feelings of fear, denial, disorientation, frustration, uncertainty, anger and a sense of loss. Bridges believes people cannot recognize the new idea until the acceptance that something is ending has taken place. This may end up being a fairly length Education on how an individuals current experience, knowledge and skills can assist in a more positive future can be very helpful here. Stage 2 – The Neutral Zone This stage represents the time gap between the letting go of the old and bringing in the new therefore an affect of confusion and uncertainty which drives the need to get out of it. This is where rushing ahead to the new situation or retreat to the old one is common. Spending time in this stage is encouraged so creativity and...
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...Teamwork and Team Performance - Case Study 3/23/2013 Contents 1. Group Development 3 2. Problem Identification 3 3. Retrospective Evaluation 4 4. Reflection 5 1. Group Development There are five stages of group development in which a team passes through: Forming, storming, norming, performing, and adjourning. The group for this case study is currently, 1 week before the due date, in both the norming stage and performing stage. They have adapted to the absence of Mike and are motivated to finish the analysis in an effort to achieve a good grade. Each member has completed their part except Mike, who has just handed in notes to Christine. All of the other members have looked past any turmoil of Mike and either adapted to that or ignored him. Managing a team through these five stages will increase the overall effectiveness of that team; therefore understanding the different stages could have assisted Christine. If she knew what each stage entailed ahead of time, she could have anticipated certain issues or attempted to resolve them. In the beginning Christine should have laid out the group rules, assigned all the tasks, and allowed the members to introduce themselves and get to know one another. I think she did a good job leading them into scheduled meetings; however, Mike was just a complainer about the early meeting. When tension arose in the group, because Mike was upset seeing the group members having a good time and mingling without him...
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...ED 673 School Culture | Follow-Up #2 | Scenario Responses | | Nan Kane | 0/29/2013 | | Scenario #1: Part A: Description of School Culture Issues The key school culture issue in scenario #1 is that the team is an interdisciplinary team that is not function as such. They have been together for six years and works like a “well-oiled machine. It is obvious that the team has worked through the four stages of group development because they have addressed the social, emotional, and developmental needs of their students. The team has the cornerstones for effective collaboration and teamwork People, Task and Process (Conzemius and O’Neill, 2002). They have the leadership, commitment, knowledge, and skills. The team has made decisions, problem solved, communicated, and met. They also accomplished certain goals. Productive collaboration takes both purpose and skill to be effective (Conzemius and O’Neill, 2002). The team has demonstrated the ability to create and implement a plan for addressing the emotional, social and developmental needs of students. However, they are not clear about their purpose that was set by the principal to integrate instruction among the disciplines. Part B: Immediate Actions I will meet with the principal, which I view as someone having expert power. He has experience and expertise in the area of working with teams. We will discuss what I observed in the team meetings and come to a consensus to form new 7th grade interdisciplinary...
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...a performance name: “ . . .” What an amazing performance! The next following performance will come from our friends from Vstar School, “ . . .” The next following performance will come from our friends from Ton Duc Thang University, “ . . .” Our event will be continued with a performance from Colombian friends, “. . .” The next following performance will come from our friends from Vstar School, “ . . .” Now I want to introduce a performance name as: “ . . .” from Ton Duc Thang University. The next following performance will come from our friends from VPV, “ . . .” Thank you for your great performance! Phase 4: Photos & Game! To save our great memories, we would like to take photos all together. Please move closer to the stage. Would you please stand up, and put your chairs aside to have more space? First, I would like to invite friends from Colombia. Next, from Vstar. And TDT University....
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