A Year 12 student, Sarah, is struggling to balance her schoolwork, extracurricular activities, and part-time job. She consistently gets less than 6 hours of sleep per night and reports feeling tired, irritable, and having difficulty concentrating. Her psychologist suggests some changes to her sleep routine.
b. Describe one adaptation to a zeitgeber that Sarah could implement to improve her sleep-wake pattern. Explain how this adaptation would improve her sleep and mental wellbeing.
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In this unit students explore the demand for sleep and the influences of sleep on mental wellbeing. They consider how changes to a person’s sleep-wake cycle can affect psychological functioning. Students explore the concept of mental wellbeing, including social and emotional wellbeing as a multidimensional and holistic framework. They apply a biopsychosocial approach to specific phobia, exploring how biological, psychological and social factors are involved in its development and management. A student-designed scientific investigation involving the generation of primary data related to mental processes and mental wellbeing is undertaken in either Unit 3 or Unit 4 or across both Units 3 and 4, and is assessed in Outcome 3 of this unit.
In this area of study students focus on sleep as a naturally occurring altered state of consciousness and the demands for sleep across the life span. They examine REM and NREM sleep, biological mechanisms of the sleep-wake cycle, and how partial or total sleep deprivation can affect psychological functioning. Students compare the effects of full sleep deprivation with blood alcohol concentration and explore circadian rhythm disorders. They consider ways to improve sleep hygiene and mental wellbeing.
improving sleep hygiene and adaptation to zeitgebers to improve sleep-wake patterns and mental wellbeing, with reference to daylight and blue light, temperature, and eating and drinking patterns
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