Concept Quiz 5.2 (Dreams) Flashcards
What technique is Aurora using?
Lucid Dreaming
What scenario best illustrates the concept of night terror?
Hector demonstrates acute distress even though he is asleep. When his roommate wakes him, he is confused and does not remember being upset.
From what type of insomnia does Dora suffer?
Maintenance insomnia
She suddenly loses consciousness and suffers a sleep attack referred to as _____.
Narcolepsy
Sleep _____ is a sleep disorder in which a person stops breathing while asleep.
Apnea
Some cases of sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS) may include biological vulnerabilities in the function of which neurotransmitter?
Serotonin
Sam suffers from restless leg syndrome. From what other disorder is Sam likely to suffer?
Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder
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.
Dorsolateral prefrontal cortex
What is the physiological basis for night terrors?
The transition from Stage 4 NREM sleep upward into REM goes awry
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?
Driving or walking while asleep
He suddenly experiences temporary muscle paralysis but does not lose consciousness, a condition called ___.
Cataplexy
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?
Sleep Apnea
_____ occurs when a healthy infant simply dies while asleep.
Sudden Infant Death Syndrome
What percentage of adults in the United States experiences restless legs syndrome?
15%
The activation-synthesis theory of dreaming suggests that the content of dreams reflects _____.
Ongoing neural activity
Which of the following may be an effective treatment for reoccurring, upsetting nightmares?
Training in lucid dreaming
____ insomnia is when a person lies in bed for a long period of time and is unable to go to sleep.
Onset
Patients with narcolepsy have damaged or missing cells in their ____, which disrupts the production of ____.
Hypothalamus; orexin
In a person with sleep apnea, breathing can stop for ____ during sleep, leaving the sleeper gasping for air.
A minute or two
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 _____.
Backs
Restless legs syndrome (RLS) results from a gene variant that is active only during prenatal development in the ____.
Basal Ganglia
