STAGES OF SLEEP

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STAGES OF SLEEP

• PSYCHOLOGY
• UNIT 3

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• Please take notes on the following underlined
  information...

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STAGE ONE

• Stage 1 is the beginning of the sleep cycle, and
  is a relatively light stage of sleep.

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• Stage 1 can be considered a transition period
  between wakefulness and sleep.

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• In Stage 1, the brain produces high amplitude
  theta waves, which are very slow brain waves.

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• This period of sleep lasts only a brief time
  (around 5-10 minutes), and if you awaken someone
  in the stage, they might report that they weren't
  really asleep.

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STAGE TWO

• Stage 2 is the second stage of sleep and lasts
  for approximately 20 minutes.

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• The brain begins to produce bursts of rapid,
  rhythmic brain wave activity known as sleep
  spindles.

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• Body temperature starts to decrease and heart
  rate begins to slow.

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STAGSTAGE THREE THREE

• Deep, slow brain waves known as delta waves begin
  to emerge during stage 3 sleep.

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• Stage 3 is a transitional period between light
  sleep and a very deep sleep.

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STAGE FOUR

• Stage 4 is sometimes referred to as delta sleep
  because of the slow brain waves known as delta
  waves that occur during this time.

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• Stage 4 is a deep sleep that lasts for
  approximately 30 minutes.

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• Bed-wetting and sleepwalking usually occur at the
  end of stage 4 sleep.

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STAGE FIVE

• Most dreaming occurs during the fifth stage of
  sleep, known as rapid eye movement (REM) sleep.

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• REM sleep is characterised by eye movement,
  increased respiration rate, increased brain
  activity.

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• REM sleep is also referred to as paradoxical
  sleep because while the brain and other body
  systems become more active muscles become more
  relaxed.

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• Dreaming occurs because of increased brain
  activity, but voluntary muscles become paralysed.

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• Sleep does NOT progress through these stages in
  sequence, however.

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• Sleep begins in stage 1 and progresses into
  stages 2, 3, and 4.

• After stage 4 sleep, stage 3 and then stage 2
  sleep are repeated before entering REM sleep.

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• Once REM sleep is over, the body usually returns
  to stage 2 sleep

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• Sleep cycles through these stages approximately
  4 or 5 times throughout the night.

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• On average, we enter the REM stage approximately
  90 minutes after falling asleep.

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• The first cycle of REM sleep might last only a
  short amount of time, but each cycle becomes
  longer, so REM sleep can last up to an hour as
  sleep progresses.

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