Concept Quiz 5.2 (Dreams)

Question 1

What technique is Aurora using?

Answer 1

Lucid Dreaming

Question 2

What scenario best illustrates the concept of night terror?

Answer 2

Hector demonstrates acute distress even though he is asleep. When his roommate wakes him, he is confused and does not remember being upset.

Question 3

From what type of insomnia does Dora suffer?

Answer 3

Maintenance insomnia

Question 4

She suddenly loses consciousness and suffers a sleep attack referred to as _____.

Answer 4

Narcolepsy

Question 5

Sleep _____ is a sleep disorder in which a person stops breathing while asleep.

Answer 5

Apnea

Question 6

Some cases of sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS) may include biological vulnerabilities in the function of which neurotransmitter?

Answer 6

Serotonin

Question 7

Sam suffers from restless leg syndrome. From what other disorder is Sam likely to suffer?

Answer 7

Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder

Question 8

The part of the brain that has been found to be most active during lucid dreaming is the ____, which suggests that dreams occur when this area just wakes up during sleep.

Answer 8

Dorsolateral prefrontal cortex

Question 9

What is the physiological basis for night terrors?

Answer 9

The transition from Stage 4 NREM sleep upward into REM goes awry

Question 10

Zolpidem (Ambien) can help both onset and maintenance sleep, but it has significant side effects. Which of the following is a known side effect of Ambien?

Answer 10

Driving or walking while asleep

Question 11

He suddenly experiences temporary muscle paralysis but does not lose consciousness, a condition called ___.

Answer 11

Cataplexy

Question 12

Michael sleeps every night with a loud and somewhat disruptive machine that uses a mask to regulate airflow into his lungs. Which diagnosis might Michael receive?

Answer 12

Sleep Apnea

Question 13

_____ occurs when a healthy infant simply dies while asleep.

Answer 13

Sudden Infant Death Syndrome

Question 14

What percentage of adults in the United States experiences restless legs syndrome?

Answer 14

15%

Question 15

The activation-synthesis theory of dreaming suggests that the content of dreams reflects _____.

Answer 15

Ongoing neural activity

Question 16

Which of the following may be an effective treatment for reoccurring, upsetting nightmares?

Answer 16

Training in lucid dreaming

Question 17

____ insomnia is when a person lies in bed for a long period of time and is unable to go to sleep.

Answer 17

Onset

Question 18

Patients with narcolepsy have damaged or missing cells in their ____, which disrupts the production of ____.

Answer 18

Hypothalamus; orexin

Question 19

In a person with sleep apnea, breathing can stop for ____ during sleep, leaving the sleeper gasping for air.

Answer 19

A minute or two

Question 20

Rates of Sudden Infant Death Syndrome in the US were cut in half between 1992 and 2003, when the American Academy of Pediatrics began telling parents to put infants to sleep on their _____.

Answer 20

Backs

Question 21

Restless legs syndrome (RLS) results from a gene variant that is active only during prenatal development in the ____.

Answer 21

Basal Ganglia