Unit 1.5 Day 2 Sleep and Dreams
Unit 1.5 Day 2 Sleep and Dreams
Dr. Liza conducted a sleep study in which half of the volunteers were randomly assigned to
scroll through their friends’ photos on social media right before bedtime. The other half of the
volunteers were told to avoid screens at bedtime. Dr. Liza measured the length of time it took for
the volunteers to fall asleep once they got into their beds.
3. If Dr. Liza finds that the group who scrolled through their friends’ photos on social media
took longer to fall asleep than the other group, what conclusion can she draw?
a. Scrolling through friends’ photos on social media caused the volunteers to
take longer to fall asleep.
b. There is a positive correlation between scrolling through friends’ photos on social
media and the length of time it took the volunteers to fall asleep.
c. The effect of social media usage prior to bedtime can be applied to the general
population.
d. Dr. Liza cannot draw any conclusions about this research given its qualitative
nature.
4. Based on Dr. Liza’s study, a journalist writes a magazine article claiming that everyone
should avoid scrolling through friends’ photos on social media prior to bedtime, because
it will then take them longer to fall asleep. Which of the following describes the
journalist’s error?
a. The journalist cannot generalize these research findings to the general
population, because Dr. Liza did not use random assignment.
b. The journalist cannot generalize these research findings to the general
population, because Dr. Liza did not use random selection.
c. The journalist cannot infer causality from Dr. Liza’s study, as it was a
nonexperimental design.
d. Providing general advice based on the results of one study is unethical.
5. Dr. Hedge replicated past EEG research by showing that alpha waves were present
a. when people are in REM sleep.
b. when people are in Stage 2 sleep.
c. when people are in Stage 3 sleep.
d. when people are awake.
6. Andriy has not been getting enough sleep the last few months. He has gained weight
and has been getting sick often. What other effect of sleep deprivation will Andriy likely
experience?
a. Increased productivity
b. Depression
c. Increased feeling of well-being
d. Sleep apnea
7. Shortly after falling asleep, and hundreds of times during the night, Paola wakes up after
a loud gasp because she has stopped breathing. With which sleep disorder would she
most likely be diagnosed?
a. Narcolepsy
b. Insomnia
c. Sleep apnea
d. REM sleep behavior disorder
8. Bohdana believes that she dreams to help her remember what happened during the day.
Which dream theory aligns with her view?
a. Information processing
b. Memory Consolidation
c. Physiological function
d. Neural activation
9. After two nights without sleep, which of the following can be expected?
a. Insomnia
b. Sleep apnea
c. Narcolepsy
d. REM rebound
Dr. Truman conducted a study where she drew numbers out of a hat to determine which half of
the participants slept only 4 hours per night for 4 weeks (Group A) and which half of the
participants slept 8 to 9 hours per night for 4 weeks (Group B). She ensured that the
participants’ living quarters were the same for the duration of the study, changing only the
amount of time each group slept. Using the graphs and information in the prompt, address the
following questions:
11. Based on the data in the graph, which of the following statements best describes the
results of Dr. Truman’s study?
a. A lack of sleep causes weight loss.
b. Participants’ living quarters impact weight.
c. A lack of sleep causes weight gain.
d. Participants’ living quarters impact sleep.
12. Which of the following aspects of Dr. Truman’s study allows her to draw a cause-effect
conclusion about the impact of sleep on hormones?
a. Random selection
b. Experimental control
c. Confounding variables
d. Qualitative methodology
Task 2
Answer the following questions using and the internet and include this article
Links to an external site. on high school start times.
1. Of the arguments made by Valerie Strauss, which do you find to be the most
important to consider and why?
The most important points she made is that it can harm teens by leading to being
sleep deprived which can cause depression and it can also risk a person's health
because the students who drive to school are at risk of having accidents in the
morning. And it can also allow students to be more aware and focused while also
allowing them to have a great memory.