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- 1. Multiple Choice
Humans spend approximately how much of their lives in sleep?
1/8
1/4
1/3
1/2
- 2. Multiple Choice
Newborns average _____ hours of sleep per day
8
10
12
16
- 3. Multiple Choice
A sleep disorder in which the person suddenly falls asleep without warning:
Insomnia
Sleep Apnea
Narcolepsy
Sleep Deprivation
- 4. Multiple Choice
A sleep disorder in which the person cannot get enough uninterrupted sleep
insomnia
sleep apnea
narcolepsy
sleep deprivation
- 5. Multiple Choice
Both nightmares and night terrors are:
the brain's way of reproducing fears, desires, and immoral urges
according to Freud, a person's selfish motives that they hide while awake, yet revealed during dreams (REM)
random stimulation of the brain about something you have experienced in your past
intense stimulation of the parts of the brain associated with emotional reactions
- 6. Multiple Choice
Sleepwalking and sleep talking can occur in REM, but mostly:
during stage 3 NREM
Stage 3 REM
During the last dream of the night
During the first dream of the night
- 7. Multiple Choice
Which one of the following would be an explanation about someone who sleeps with their eyes 'open'?
It is inherited and, while some people get this disorder, others do not. Cause is not entirely known
It is an issue with damaged facial muscles and/or the nerves that closes the eyeball
It is caused by fear of the unknown. It is said that a person's subconscious mind is keeping a look out for danger and thus the mind subconsciously keeps the eyes 'open'
It is caused by a condition that keeps the eyeballs too lubricated during sleep so the body's natural reaction is to open the eyes to dry out the excess tears.
- 8. Multiple Choice
Nightmares are scary because:
it is a forecast of things to come or might happen in the near future
parts of the brain that are related to emotions are stimulated
It is a reflection of the guilt someone has as the result of a traumatic event
they are so vivid and the brain thinks the dream is 'real'
- 9. Multiple Choice
Why do teenagers need between 10-11 hours of sleep per night?
They have very busy lives and they need to recover from exhaustion
Teens need the sleep because they are tired
Because they do not get enough sleep during the week
The body and mind are still growing and need the sleep which allows the body to use that energy to help it grow
- 10. Multiple Choice
Sleepwalking and sleep talking have been linked to:
stress
fatigue
use of sedatives
all of thsese
- 11. Multiple Choice
What is Lucid Dreaming
When the does not know they are dreaming
when the dreamer is aware of the dream and can, to some degree, control the dream
when the dreamer is daydreaming
When you experience something in real life that you dreamt about
- 12. Multiple Choice
What is sleep paralysis
feeling of being unconscious but unable to move. It occurs just before REM and right after REM. Caused by a 'disturbed' REM cycle
feeling of being asleep but being awake and conscious. It occurs during REM and is caused by psychological problems
feeling of being conscious but unable to move. It occurs just before REM and right after REM. Caused by a 'disturbed' REM cycle
feeling of being asleep but being awake and unconscious. It occurs during NREM and is caused by psychological problems
- 13. Multiple Choice
Why do people have no memory of sleepwalking or sleep talking?
Because it happens in stage 3 and part of the mind that is related to memory is in deep sleep so it cannot recall anything the physical body does.
Because it happens in stage 2 and part of the mind that is related to memory is in deep sleep so it cannot recall anything the physical body does.
Because it happens in NREM and the mind ignores signals to the physical body
Because it happens during REM and the mind does not remember activities that physically happen during REM
- 14. Multiple Choice
About what percentage of the population have Nocturnal Lagophthalmos?
20%
35%
30%
45%
- 15. Multiple Choice
Adults spend approximately how much time in NREM and how much time in REM?
75% in REM and 25% in NREM
50% in REM and 50% in NREM
35% in REM and 65% in NREM
25% in REM and 75% in NREM
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