Which is a circadian rhythm?
sleep/wake cycle
menstrual cycles
Stages of sleep
At what time is core body temperature at its lowest?
5 pm
5 am
4 am
11 pm
Who spent six months in a cave?
Aschoff and Weber
Siffre
Folkard et al
Folkard attempted to spped up the body clock of 12 participants to 22 hours how many kept up?
3
1
2
Duffy found there was a difference in cycle onset which of these is correct?
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
Which is an ultradium rhythm
A biological rhythm last less that 24 hours
A biological rhythm lasting more than 24 hours
a biological rhythm lasting 24 hours
What type of waves are present in stage one sleep and are changed into slow waves
Delta waves
Alpha waves
Which sleep stage are people easily woken from?
Stage one
Stage two
Stage 3
Stage 4
REM
Who supports the idea of dreaming in REM sleep?
Dements ans Kleitman
Lewy et al
Who studies that menstrual cycles become synchronised due to pheremones?
Turke
McClintock and Stern
What is the main endogenous pacemaker
SCN
SSN
SAN
Who removed chimpmunks SCN and found it lead to more deaths, becuase the chimpmunks were more active and likely to be eaten by predators
Morgan
DeCoursey et al
what does zeitgeber mean?
'Time giver'
'Time maker'
'Time recorder'
Why was light shone on the back of pp knees in Campbell and Murphys study?
The light couldnt reach eyes
It is usually dark behind the knee
Was the only available piece of skin while the pp were sleeping
Who found that circadian rhythms can be entrained by very dim light, but bright light was more effective?
Boivien et al
Buss
What are the two types of shift work?
Fluctuating shifts
Non-fluctuation shifts
Static shifts
Non-static shifts
Who supports the idea that shift workers live contantly out of synchronisaition
Czeisler et al
Klein et al
How many days did Czeisler change the shift rotations to?
7
21
22
8
15
Who studied the nurses in shift work?
Hawkins and Armstrong-Ester
Me
Which is easier to fly?
East to west
West to east
Who condcuted the study in Baseball players?
Scwarz et al
Who has the most REM sleep?
old age
1 year olds?
Who sleeps for approximately 12 hours a day?
Old people
Five years olds
12 year olds
Middle aged
At what age is it likely that sleepwalking has become established?
1 year olds
5 year olds
Who may wake more for reasons such as needing the toilet?
old aged
Who found males ages 65-88 were more likely to suffer from sleep apnoea? support that the quality of sleep reduces over time?
Dement
Floyd et al
What is a main problem with sleep stage research?
Its a longtitudinal study
Its a labatory study
Its a natural experiment
Meddis proposed which evolutionary explanation of sleep?
Predator-avoidance
Hibernation
Foraging needs
Body size
Which evolutionary explanation did Webb propose?
Predator-avoidant
Hibernation theory
Forgaing needs
Which researcher reported that sleep saves energy and keeps individuals from being lively at unnecessary times?
Stear
Siegal
Who proposed the restoration theory?
Horne
Oswald
Adam found what in restoration theories?
That many restorative processes such as digestion occur when awake, supporting Horne?
That many restorative process such as digestion occur while asleep support Oswald
Shapiro et al found what about long distance runners
They sleep less than normal
They sleep more than normal
What is insomnia?
Any activites that occur unconciously during sleep that would noramlly occur while awake
The inability to sleep
A problem with staying awake
What factors might affect insomnia?
height
age
weight
gender
sleep apnoea
hair colour
Who found that if the underlying cause of insomnia was treated the insomnia would stop?
Morin et al
Monti
What does sleep walking include?
Sleep dancing
Sleep walking
Sleep talking
Sleep jogging
Sleep pulsing
Which is sleepwalking more common in?
Boys
Girls
How many times more likely are you likely to be if a first degree relative sleep walks?
5
10
20
What percentage chance did Hublin et al find that children sleepwalk
30
What do people often think is wrong with people with narcolepsy?
Drunk
Druggies
Looney
Who supports the role of hypocretin in narcolepsy?
Montplasier
What do narcoleptics often suffer from?
Cataplexy
Rataplexy
Dataplexy
Mataplexy
