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Sleep Stages & REM

Total questions: 9

Worksheet time: 9mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
In a sleep study, sleep researchers measure:
a)
brain waves
b)
left and right eye movements
c)
muscle tension
d)
all of these
2.
We spend ____ of our lives sleeping.
a)
1/4
b)
1/3
c)
1/2
d)
none of these
3.
By the end of the night you spend half of your sleep time in this stage.
a)
NREM 1
b)
NREM 2
c)
NREM 3
d)
REM
4.
If you were awakened during this sleep stage you might insist you were not asleep.
a)
NREM 1
b)
NREM 2
c)
NREM 3
d)
REM
5.
You sleep most deeply during this stage, which is characterized by delta waves or slow waves.
a)
NREM 1
b)
NREM 2
c)
NREM 3
d)
REM
6.
What happens just before you enter REM sleep? You:
a)
cycle back up through NREM 2 & NREM 1
b)
stay in NREM 3 for another 30 minutes
c)
go directly from NREM 3 to REM
d)
wake up, but you won't remember it the next day
7.
Who coined the term REM?
a)
Sigmund Freud
b)
Wilhelm Wundt
c)
Elizabeth Loftus
d)
William Dement
8.
During REM, your brainwave patterns are similar to:
a)
NREM 1
b)
NREM 2
c)
NREM 3
d)
When you're awake
9.
Why is REM sleep considered paradoxical?
a)
Internally aroused
b)
Externally paralyzed
c)
Brainstem blocking messages from motor cortex
d)
all of these