Intro Psychology Topic 3

Introduction of Psychology

Topic 3 Assignment

Which Sleep Disorder Is It?

Read each of the scenarios below and identify which sleep disorder is occurring in the situation.

1. Jacob is asleep and all of a sudden he sits up and screams at the top of his lungs. He then lays back down and goes back to sleep. The next morning he doesn’t remember anything.

Disorder: Night Terror

2. Tammy has a very important work project due in a couple of weeks and she has been working on it nonstop since it was assigned. She is so worried because she knows her job depends on this project. She’s finding lately that she cannot fall asleep until 2 or 3 o’clock in the morning and then wakes up many times during the night.

Disorder: Insomnia

3. Tim is working with his lab partner, Jack, on a lab report that is due next week in class. They are in the library studying and working on the report when all of the sudden in the middle of the conversation Jack drops his head and falls asleep. After waking back up he continues the conversation as though nothing happened.

Disorder: Narcolepsy

4. Janet’s father has had a problem with obesity for the past year or so. Lately, Janet’s mother has been noticing that Janet’s father stops breathing briefly during the night. She is getting concerned because it seems to be occurring more frequently.

Disorder: Sleep Apnea

The website on the National Institute on Drug Abuse maintains a series of reports on current scientific knowledge about many commonly abused drugs. Visit the site at:

http://www.drugabuse.gov/publications/term/162/ResearchReports

Choose one of the listed reports (there are at least a dozen to choose from) and summarize in an essay the report you read. Your essay should be a minimum of 200 words (worth 10 points) and be thorough and free of errors.

Identify the UCS, CS, UCR and CR

Read through the examples below and then identify the UCS, CS, UCR, and CR in each of the examples...