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A-Levels Psychology Quiz on Sleep, created by harry_bygraves on 09/06/2013.

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Question 1 of 44

1

Which is a circadian rhythm?

Select one of the following:

  • sleep/wake cycle

  • menstrual cycles

  • Stages of sleep

Explanation

Question 2 of 44

1

At what time is core body temperature at its lowest?

Select one of the following:

  • 5 pm

  • 5 am

  • 4 am

  • 11 pm

Explanation

Question 3 of 44

1

Who spent six months in a cave?

Select one of the following:

  • Aschoff and Weber

  • Siffre

  • Folkard et al

Explanation

Question 4 of 44

1

Folkard attempted to spped up the body clock of 12 participants to 22 hours how many kept up?

Select one of the following:

  • 3

  • 1

  • 2

Explanation

Question 5 of 44

1

Duffy found there was a difference in cycle onset which of these is correct?

Select one of the following:

  • Morning people (5am to 9am)
    Evening people (9pm to 12pm)

  • Morning people (6am to 11am)
    Evening people (11am to 2pm)

  • Morning people (6am to 10pm)
    Evening people (10am to 1pm

Explanation

Question 6 of 44

1

Which is an ultradium rhythm

Select one of the following:

  • A biological rhythm last less that 24 hours

  • A biological rhythm lasting more than 24 hours

  • a biological rhythm lasting 24 hours

Explanation

Question 7 of 44

1

What type of waves are present in stage one sleep and are changed into slow waves

Select one of the following:

  • Delta waves

  • Alpha waves

Explanation

Question 8 of 44

1

Which sleep stage are people easily woken from?

Select one or more of the following:

  • Stage one

  • Stage two

  • Stage 3

  • Stage 4

  • REM

Explanation

Question 9 of 44

1

Who supports the idea of dreaming in REM sleep?

Select one of the following:

  • Dements ans Kleitman

  • Lewy et al

Explanation

Question 10 of 44

1

Who studies that menstrual cycles become synchronised due to pheremones?

Select one of the following:

  • Turke

  • McClintock and Stern

Explanation

Question 11 of 44

1

What is the main endogenous pacemaker

Select one of the following:

  • SCN

  • SSN

  • SAN

Explanation

Question 12 of 44

1

Who removed chimpmunks SCN and found it lead to more deaths, becuase the chimpmunks were more active and likely to be eaten by predators

Select one of the following:

  • Morgan

  • DeCoursey et al

Explanation

Question 13 of 44

1

what does zeitgeber mean?

Select one of the following:

  • 'Time giver'

  • 'Time maker'

  • 'Time recorder'

Explanation

Question 14 of 44

1

Why was light shone on the back of pp knees in Campbell and Murphys study?

Select one of the following:

  • The light couldnt reach eyes

  • It is usually dark behind the knee

  • Was the only available piece of skin while the pp were sleeping

Explanation

Question 15 of 44

1

Who found that circadian rhythms can be entrained by very dim light, but bright light was more effective?

Select one of the following:

  • Boivien et al

  • Buss

Explanation

Question 16 of 44

1

What are the two types of shift work?

Select one or more of the following:

  • Fluctuating shifts

  • Non-fluctuation shifts

  • Static shifts

  • Non-static shifts

Explanation

Question 17 of 44

1

Who supports the idea that shift workers live contantly out of synchronisaition

Select one of the following:

  • Czeisler et al

  • Klein et al

Explanation

Question 18 of 44

1

Who supports the idea that shift workers live contantly out of synchronisaition

Select one of the following:

  • Czeisler et al

  • Klein et al

Explanation

Question 19 of 44

1

How many days did Czeisler change the shift rotations to?

Select one of the following:

  • 7

  • 21

  • 22

  • 8

  • 15

Explanation

Question 20 of 44

1

Who studied the nurses in shift work?

Select one of the following:

  • Hawkins and Armstrong-Ester

  • Me

Explanation

Question 21 of 44

1

Which is easier to fly?

Select one of the following:

  • East to west

  • West to east

Explanation

Question 22 of 44

1

Who condcuted the study in Baseball players?

Select one of the following:

  • Klein et al

  • Scwarz et al

Explanation

Question 23 of 44

1

Who has the most REM sleep?

Select one of the following:

  • old age

  • 1 year olds?

Explanation

Question 24 of 44

1

Who sleeps for approximately 12 hours a day?

Select one of the following:

  • Old people

  • Five years olds

  • 12 year olds

  • Middle aged

Explanation

Question 25 of 44

1

At what age is it likely that sleepwalking has become established?

Select one of the following:

  • 1 year olds

  • 5 year olds

  • 12 year olds

Explanation

Question 26 of 44

1

Who may wake more for reasons such as needing the toilet?

Select one of the following:

  • 5 year olds

  • old aged

Explanation

Question 27 of 44

1

Who found males ages 65-88 were more likely to suffer from sleep apnoea? support that the quality of sleep reduces over time?

Select one of the following:

  • Dement

  • Floyd et al

Explanation

Question 28 of 44

1

What is a main problem with sleep stage research?

Select one of the following:

  • Its a longtitudinal study

  • Its a labatory study

  • Its a natural experiment

Explanation

Question 29 of 44

1

Meddis proposed which evolutionary explanation of sleep?

Select one of the following:

  • Predator-avoidance

  • Hibernation

  • Foraging needs

  • Body size

Explanation

Question 30 of 44

1

Which evolutionary explanation did Webb propose?

Select one of the following:

  • Predator-avoidant

  • Hibernation theory

  • Forgaing needs

  • Body size

Explanation

Question 31 of 44

1

Which researcher reported that sleep saves energy and keeps individuals from being lively at unnecessary times?

Select one of the following:

  • Stear

  • Siegal

Explanation

Question 32 of 44

1

Who proposed the restoration theory?

Select one of the following:

  • Horne

  • Oswald

Explanation

Question 33 of 44

1

Adam found what in restoration theories?

Select one of the following:

  • That many restorative processes such as digestion occur when awake, supporting Horne?

  • That many restorative process such as digestion occur while asleep support Oswald

Explanation

Question 34 of 44

1

Shapiro et al found what about long distance runners

Select one of the following:

  • They sleep less than normal

  • They sleep more than normal

Explanation

Question 35 of 44

1

What is insomnia?

Select one of the following:

  • Any activites that occur unconciously during sleep that would noramlly occur while awake

  • The inability to sleep

  • A problem with staying awake

Explanation

Question 36 of 44

1

What factors might affect insomnia?

Select one or more of the following:

  • height

  • age

  • weight

  • gender

  • sleep apnoea

  • hair colour

Explanation

Question 37 of 44

1

Who found that if the underlying cause of insomnia was treated the insomnia would stop?

Select one of the following:

  • Morin et al

  • Monti

Explanation

Question 38 of 44

1

What does sleep walking include?

Select one or more of the following:

  • Sleep dancing

  • Sleep walking

  • Sleep talking

  • Sleep jogging

  • Sleep pulsing

Explanation

Question 39 of 44

1

Which is sleepwalking more common in?

Select one of the following:

  • Boys

  • Girls

Explanation

Question 40 of 44

1

How many times more likely are you likely to be if a first degree relative sleep walks?

Select one of the following:

  • 5

  • 10

  • 20

Explanation

Question 41 of 44

1

What percentage chance did Hublin et al find that children sleepwalk

Select one of the following:

  • 20

  • 30

Explanation

Question 42 of 44

1

What do people often think is wrong with people with narcolepsy?

Select one of the following:

  • Drunk

  • Druggies

  • Looney

Explanation

Question 43 of 44

1

Who supports the role of hypocretin in narcolepsy?

Select one of the following:

  • Montplasier

  • Dement

Explanation

Question 44 of 44

1

What do narcoleptics often suffer from?

Select one of the following:

  • Cataplexy

  • Rataplexy

  • Dataplexy

  • Mataplexy

Explanation

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