1301 Wa#4 Ch. 4: 1. Write a 500 word description of our sleep cycle. You will want to include a description of each of the stages of sleep as well as REM sleep. 2. Discuss 2 of the disorders of sleep and then describe any personal experience you have had with any. 3. Discuss what four things/ways one might alter their consciousness. Be very descriptive in your answer. 4. Describe signs of drug abuse/addiction. 1. Sleep is a very essential part of the human lifestyle, humans spend
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Performance and Hours of Sleep Wrestling Performance and Hours of Sleep Sleep is a natural state of rest characterized by a reduction in voluntary body movement and decreased awareness of the surroundings. Sleep is not considered unconsciousness because you still have a little awareness of your surroundings. The cycle of sleep is regulated by the brain stem, external stimuli, and various hormones produced by the hypothalamus. There are five well defined stages of sleep. They are in cycles of
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Running head: FAMILY ASSESSMENT Family Assessment Lisa Barnes-Powell Grand Canyon University Family Centered Health Promotion NRS-429V April 1, 2012 Family Assessment Family is a set of interacting individuals related by blood, marriage, cohabitation or adoption who independently performs relevant functions by fulfilling expected roles (Edelman & Mandle, 2010, p. 173). The student was instructed to perform a family assessment. She chooses the Isaacs family to do the assessment on
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Docx Insomnia I woke up, bathed in sweat. Once again a nightmare disturbed my night´s sleep. It was too early to early to get up, but I was restless. I knew I would not be able to fall asleep again, doesn´t matter how hard I´d try. I hated to get up at an unearthly hour! I rolled out of bed and trudged into the kitchen to have some lemonade. It was still dark outside and the windy weather made the trees outside scratch against my windows. The thought about my nightmare disgusted me. I drank
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in our lives. When the body react to an event or a situation that is emotionally disturbing and faced with such a situation, then various chemical reactions occur in our body like rise in blood pressure, heart beats, breathing problem and disturbed sleep pattern. A certain amount of stress is required by our mind and body to keep it ticking. But uncontrolled, unrelenting stress is not only harmful to our body, but it can also lead to unwise behavior such as alcohol and tobacco abuse. This in turn places
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able to make dinner for a night and have time to sit down in my recliner and watch a movie from a video store. My friends, who seem to think I have deserted them, would see that I have time to spend with them. I don’t know what it would be like to sleep in, but I would not stop myself from trying it out for a change in pace. Between star gazing, horseback riding, boating, fishing, or running around a park with my dogs would be an ideal way to spend any extra time I can acquire. I would even be able
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Julie Jackson General Psychology Eugene Aserinsky/REM Sleep Eugene Aserinsky was the man who first discovered REM SLEEP in the early 1950s. He was then a graduate student of the University Of Chicago. As Aserinsky had observed this in the sleep of babies, it was first assumed only to occur with infants. Later investigation proved it to occur with all people observed. This finding started a period of intense research into the psycho-physical functioning of dreams. Aserinsky was intent on studying
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so fuckin’ boring. I’m trapped within this room, I need that key. I wake up every morning underneath these salmon covers, sore neck from my one pillow. I always wake up before Emily too, lay listening to the muttering under her breath whilst she sleeps. Watching the room break out from itself, cracking through its own walls. Katie stares blankly at the four walls of her room scanning every inch effortlessly as if she has done it a thousand times before. Her eyes come to a sudden stand still as
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their college years of life. Sleep is very important to every student and without it they might not perform well academically. The amount of sleep is not the only important factor but the quality of sleep as well. This research will address the sleeping patterns of college students and how it affects their performance in their academics. Literature Review Walter Buboltz Jr. conducted research in order to view the sleep habits and patterns of college students. Sleep is vital to every human being
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there was food and that therefore people were strong. Additionally we can connect fertility with agriculture, which means that there’s a good crop season. It was also believed that being a corpulent woman was easier to give birth. Sleep can symbolise the eternal sleep, in other words- death. This is in fact very relevant as the figurine was found in a place which was used as a burial place. Moreover if we look closely to The Sleeping Lady we can see that her facial expression evokes serenity. It
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