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Sleep and Dreams

Total questions: 15

Worksheet time: 9mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Your awareness of everything that is going on around you and inside your own head at any given movement, which you use to organize your behavior.

a)

Consciousness

b)

Circadian Rhythm

c)

Insomnia

d)

Hypnosis

2.

The sleep-wake cycle.

a)

Circadian Rhythm

b)

Sleep Deprivation

c)

Microsleep

d)

Rapid Eye Movement (REM) Sleep

3.

Loss of sleep.

a)

Sleep Deprivation

b)

Microsleep

c)

Narcolepsy

d)

Non-REM Sleep

4.

A relatively psychologically active type of sleep when most of a person’s dreaming takes place; voluntary muscles are inhibited, making the person move very little.

a)

Rapid Eye Movement (REM) Sleep

b)

Non-REM Sleep

5.

Spans from lighter stages to a much deeper, more restful kind of sleep; the person’s body is free to move around in this stage.

a)

Non-REM Sleep

b)

Rapid Eye Movement (REM) Sleep

6.

A machine that allows scientists to record the brain-wave activity as a person passes through the various stages of sleep and to determine what type of sleep the person has entered.

a)

Electroencephalography (EEG)

b)

Positron Emission Tomography (PET) Scan

c)

Computed Tomography (CT or CAT) Scan

d)

Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI)

7.

Which of the following is not a brain-wave pattern during sleep?

a)

Gamma Waves

b)

Beta Waves

c)

Alpha Waves

d)

Theta Waves

8.

The inability to get to sleep, stay asleep, or get a good quality of sleep.

a)

Insomnia

b)

Sleep Apnea

c)

Narcolepsy

d)

Microsleep

9.

A type of snoring in which the person stops breathing for 10 seconds or more.

a)

Sleep Apnea

b)

Narcolepsy

c)

Microsleep

d)

Insomnia

10.

A kind of “sleep seizure” in which the person may slip suddenly into REM sleep during the day, especially when the person experiences strong emotions. Another symptom is excessive daytime sleepiness that results in the person falling asleep throughout the day at inappropriate times and in inappropriate places.

a)

Narcolepsy

b)

Sleep Apnea

c)

Insomnia

d)

Hypnosis

11.

The average sleep cycle is about ______ minutes

a)

100

b)

90

c)

60

d)

30

12.
Sleep spindles show up during which sleep stage?
a)
stage 1 NREM
b)
stage 2 NREM
c)
stage 3 NREM
d)
REM
13.

In which stage are you the hardest to awaken?

a)

Stage 1

b)

Stage 2

c)

Stage 3 / 4

d)

REM

14.
This stage of sleep is considered light sleep and the individual may feel as if they are falling.
a)
1
b)
2
c)
3
d)
4
15.
Your body heals itself while you sleep.
a)
True
b)
False