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WorksheetsStages and Function of Sleep
Total questions: 12
Worksheet time: 30secs
In which sleep stage does our eyes move around quickly?
Non-Rapid Eye Movement (NREM)
Rapid Eye Movement (REM)
REM sleep has 4 stages. True or False
True
False
Dreaming occurs during...
NREM Stage 1
NREM Stage 2
NREM Stage 3
NREM Stage 4
REM sleep
Which researchers discovered that people tend to report dreaming when woken from REM sleep?
Dement & Kleitman (1957)
Murdock (1962)
Repacholi & Gopnik (1997)
Gunderson et al. (2013)
Which two are true about Stage 1 (sleep onset)?
Your brain waves are slower (mostly theta waves)
You can easily be awoken
Mostly alpha waves (idling) and theta waves
Body temperature starts to drop
Which two are true about the brain waves Stage 2 (late night stage)?
Your brain waves are slower (mostly theta waves)
Occasional beta waves
Mostly alpha waves (idling) and theta waves
Occasional sleep spindles (bursts of activity)
Which two things happens to your body in Stage 2 (late night stage)
Muscles tense and contract
Heart rate slows
Body temperature drops
Digestion increases
Which two are true about Stage 3?
Slow delta waves and some faster waves
It is the stage between light and deep sleep
Some sleep spindles (bursts of activity)
Which one is NOT true about Stage 4 (deep sleep)?
Hard to wake and feel disoriented if woken
No eye movements
Mostly slow delta waves
Heart rate and breathing increase
Which one is NOT a function of sleep?
Helps learning (remember new things)
Increase proteins in brain
Release neurotransmitters and hormones
Maintain proteins and neurons in brain
Which part of the brain is responsible for the sensory blockade when sleeping?
Medulla
Pons
Frontal Lobe
Cerebellum
Which two (2) things does the sensory blockade do?
Stops information coming in from the senses (sound, light etc).
Stops movement signals from the brain going to the body.
Stops neurotransmitters passing through the pons
