Module 24

Question 1

How many years do we spend asleep in one lifetime?

Answer 1

25 years

Question 2

Normal sleep

Answer 2

7-8 hours

Question 3

Short sleep

Answer 3

5 hours or less

Question 4

Long sleep

Answer 4

9 hours or more

Question 5

How much do people 50 and older sleep?

Answer 5

6 hours

Question 6

How much do infants sleep?

Answer 6

20 hours of sleep in 2-4 hour cycles

Question 7

Small, fast brain waves associated with being awake and alert

Answer 7

beta waves

Question 8

Large, slow brain waves associated with being asleep

Answer 8

Alpha waves

Question 9

Where stage of sleep involves hypnotic jerk, irregular & small brain waves (sometimes alpha waves)?

Answer 9

Stage 1

Question 10

Which stage of sleep is associated with sleep spindles?

Answer 10

Stage 2

Question 11

Distinctive bursts of brain wave activity that indicates a person is asleep and prevents sleeping brain from being aroused by external stimuli

Answer 11

Sleep Spindles

Question 12

What kind of waves start in stage 3 of sleep?

Answer 12

delta waves

Question 13

What sleep stage is associated with deep sleep and a state of oblivion?

Answer 13

Stage 4

Question 14

How long does stage 4 sleep last?

Answer 14

about an hour

Question 15

How many recurring cycles do light and deep sleep go through?

Answer 15

4-5

Question 16

What percentage of people report vivid dreaming when woken up during REM sleep?

Answer 16

85%

Question 17

What percentage of sleep is REM sleep?

Answer 17

20%

Question 18

Kind/stage of sleep that heightens emotions, has irregular heart beat, blood pressure and breathing waver, and sexual arousal

Answer 18

REM

Question 19

lack of muscle paralysis during REM sleep

Answer 19

REM behavior disorder

Question 20

Woke up volunteers when they reached REM

Answer 20

William Dement

Question 21

occurrence of extra REM sleep following REM sleep deprivation

Answer 21

REM rebound

Question 22

proposes that lowering body and brain activity and metabolism during sleep may help conserve energy and lengthen life

Answer 22

repair/restorative theories of sleep

Question 23

17 year old with the world record of 11 days without sleep. Only needed 14 hours of sleep to recover.

Answer 23

Randy Gardener

Question 24

excessive daytime sleepiness, common in adolescence

Answer 24

hypersomnia

Question 25

How many car crashes happen a year due to sleepiness?

Answer 25

72,000

Question 26

What stage does REM sleep happen?

Answer 26

later stage 1

Question 27

Higher after physical exertion, slow brain waves, dreamless, may help recover bodily fatigue

Answer 27

NREM

Question 28

How much do we dream a night?

Answer 28

4-5 times in 90 minute intervals

Question 29

Who had the first advanced idea that many dreams are based on wish fulfillment?

Answer 29

Freud

Question 30

Freudian belief that many dreams express unconscious desires

Answer 30

wish fulfillment

Question 31

the surface “visible” content of a dream as the dreamer remembers them to uncover latent content.

Answer 31

manifest content

Question 32

hidden or symbolic meaning of a dream as revealed by dream interpretation and analysis

Answer 32

latent content

Question 33

proposition that dreams are how brains process random electrical discharges of REM sleep (useless dreams)

Answer 33

activation synthesis hypothesis

Question 34

What sleep hypothesis do Allan Hobson and Robert McCarley believe?

Answer 34

activation synthesis hypothesis

Question 35

William Domhoof’s proposal that dreams reflect everyday thoughts and emotions

Answer 35

neurocognitive dream theory

Question 36

* Nobel Peace Prize Winner * Spent years studying chemical transmission of nerve impulses * Spent 3 nights in a row dreaming of an experiment * ”If the experiment occurred to me while awake, it would have been rejected”

Answer 36

Allen Hobson

Question 37

About how many Americans suffer from insomnia?

Answer 37

40 million

Question 38

How many Americans have problems with sleep?

Answer 38

20 million

Question 39

How much time must pass with sleeping problems to be diagnosed with chronic insomnia?

Answer 39

3 weeks

Question 40

Remove pressures of going to sleep, stay awake for as long as possible.

Answer 40

Paradoxical intention (a way to fight insomnia)

Question 41

Starchy foods produce ________

Answer 41

tryptophan

Question 42

How are tryptophan and serotonin correlated?

Answer 42

tryptophan increases serotonin

Question 43

What stage/kind of sleep do night terrors occur?

Answer 43

Stage 4, NREM

Question 44

How long do night terrors usually last?

Answer 44

15-20 minutes

Question 45

How to get rid of nightmares

Answer 45

* write down nightmare in detail * change dream in anyway * imagery rehearsal

Question 46

How long does sleep apnea usually last?

Answer 46

20 seconds - 2 minutes

Question 47

Sleep apnea

Answer 47

breathing stops during sleep

Question 48

Blockage of upper air passages during sleep

Answer 48

Obstructive sleep apnea hypopnea syndrome

Question 49

SIDS babies tend to have weak ________

Answer 49

arousal reflex

Question 50

What is the leading cause of death in infants 1 month - 1 year of age?

Answer 50

SIDS

Question 51

Person falls asleep during alert, daytime activities

Answer 51

Narcolepsy

Question 52

What is a common trigger for narcolepsy?

Answer 52

Emotional excitement/laughing

Question 53

Professional term for sleep paralysis

Answer 53

Hypnotic Hallucinations