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41. While sleeping, Ashley often stops breathing and wakes up just : 1201937
41. While sleeping, Ashley often stops breathing and wakes up just long enough to resume breathing again. In the morning, she doesn’t remember waking and feels tired. When she goes to her doctor, she is told that she is suffering from
A. narcolepsy.
B. REM behavior disorder.
C. insomnia.
D. sleep apnea.
42. Sudden Infant Death Syndrome (SIDS) occurs when a sleeping infant stops breathing and dies. All of the following have been identified as possible causes or factors related to SIDS-related deaths except
A. very low birth-weight.
B. problems with brain systems that regulate the infant’s breathing.
C. exposure to cigarette smoke.
D. accidental suffocation caused when infants sleep on their backs.
43. If muscles are in a state of near-paralysis during REM sleep, then how is sleepwalking possible?
A. Dreams allow us to overcome motor paralysis.
B. Sleepwalking usually occurs in non-REM sleep.
C. Sleepwalkers are actually awake, but in a hypnotic state.
D. Most sleepwalkers are suffering from REM behavior disorder.
44. Wally awoke screaming, shaking, and sweating, and his heart was beating rapidly. Ward and June, being good parents, had Wally hooked up to an electroencephalogram. Checking Wally’s EEG, they noted that Wally was in stage 4 sleep just before he awoke. From this information, they felt confident in saying that Wally had just experienced a(n)
A. nightmare.
B. night terror.
C. lucid dream.
D. episode of sleep apnea.
45. Doctor Montauk is attempting to understand the nature of Jillian’s sleep disorder. If he deduces that the disorder has definitely occurred during during REM sleep, he would be able to immediately rule out
A. sleep apnea.
B. sleep terror disorder.
C. narcolepsy.
D. nightmares.
46. While dreaming she is climbing a rope, Sheandra jerks her arms and legs as though she is climbing, literally dragging the sheets and blankets off the bed. Sheandra
A. has sleep apnea.
B. is sleepwalking.
C. has narcolepsy.
D. has REM behavior disorder.
47. Which of the following conditions, if left untreated, would you be most likely to detect in one of your instructors if your only contact with the instructor was in class?
A. Sleep terror disorder
B. Sleep apnea
C. Narcolepsy
D. REM behavior disorder
48. While dreaming that she is riding a bicycle, Millie actually moves around in bed making arm and leg motions similar to those of a cyclist. Apparently, Millie suffers from
A. jet lag.
B. sleep apnea.
C. REM behavior disorder.
D. nothing—this is normal behavior for such a dream.
49. Ozzy is flying from Chicago to Paris, and he will be coming back after a week. His jet lag symptoms will
A. be worse when he arrives in Paris (eastward travel).
B. be worse on his return to Chicago (westward travel).
C. be equally bad in Paris and Chicago.
D. depend on whether he has any north-to-south connecting flights.
50. If you were trapped in a dark cave for several days and could not determine whether it was day or night, which one of the following parts of your brain would be most responsible for maintaining your circadian rhythms?
A. Medulla
B. Broca’s area
C. Hippocampus
D. Suprachiasmatic nuclei
