Psychology- Sleep & Dreams

The ___________theory of dreaming says that our brains are meant to be active, even while our bodies are resting.

• purposeful shutdown

• continual activation

• fight or flight

• screensaver mode

People can heal from traumatic incidents because their brains produce less ________ when they dream about the incident.

• cortisol

• memories

• connections

• dopamine

Participants in a study were how many times better at completing a maze if they dreamed about the maze after attempting to complete it?

• 5x

• 10x

• 20x

• 25x

REM stands for______________, a stage of sleep in which the eyes move rapidly back and forth.

• rapid eye movement

• random episodic memory

• red eye moments

• really eerie movement

TRUE of FALSE: The stage of sleep in which we are most likely to dream is the REM stage.

• TRUE

• FALSE

Before REM, there are HOW MANY stages of NON-REM sleep?

• 1 NREM stage

• 2 NREM stages

• 3 NREM stages

In NREM-1, ________________ are the sensation that we are falling, which causes us to wake up.

• episodic sensations

• restless sensations

• hypnagogic sensations

• false fear sensations

In REM sleep, the motor cortex is active, but the __________ blocks our movement.

• brain stem

• adrenal glands

• hypothalamus

• pillow

________________ is a sleep disorder that causes difficulty sleeping.

• Narcolepsy

• Night terrors

• Sleep apnea

• Insomnia

____________ is a sleep disorder in which people suddenly fall asleep during their daily activities.

• Narcolepsy

• Insomnia

• Sleep apnea

• Sleep hypnosis