Sleep and Dreaming

The pattern of physical and behavioral changes that follows a 24 hour cycle, in accordance with the hours of light and darkness.

• REM

• Sleep debt

• circadian rhythm

• ample sleep

Our awareness of ourselves and our environment is called

• Hypnosis

• Circadian Rhythm

• Consciousness

• Dreaming

Which brain waves are associated with deep sleep (NREM-3)?

• Alpha

• Delta

• Beta

• REM

Which sleep disorder is characterized by the inability to fall asleep?

• Insomnia

• Sleep Apnea

• Narcolepsy

• Night Terrors

Which disorder is characterized by uncontrollable sleep attacks, in which a sufferer may slip directly into REM sleep

• Insomnia

• Narcolepsy

• Sleep Apnea

• Night Terrors

Which dream theory suggests dreams are the mind's attempt to make sense of random neural activity in the brain while one sleeps?

• information processing
• physiological function
• activation synthesis
• cognitive development

Repeated periods during sleep when a person stops breathing for 10 seconds or longer is known as:

• Sleep apnea
• Narcolepsy
• Sleep agnosia
• Cataplexy

True/False: Sleeping is an altered state of consciousness.

• True

• False

Alpha waves are associated with

•  REM sleep. 
• NREM-1 sleep
•  NREM-2 sleep.
•  relaxed but awake state.

The human sleep cycle repeats itself about every

• 30 minutes.
• 90 minutes.
•  2 1/2 hours. 
• 4 hours.