AP PSYCHOLOGY

Detailed explanation-1: -Night terrors are like nightmares, except that nightmares usually occur during rapid eye movement (REM) sleep and are most common in the early morning. Night terrors usually happen in the first half of the night.

Detailed explanation-2: -Parasomnias are disruptive sleep-related disorders. Abnormal movements, talk, emotions and actions happen while you’re sleeping although your bed partner might think you’re awake. Examples include sleep terrors, sleepwalking, nightmare disorder, sleep-related eating disorder and sleep paralysis.

Detailed explanation-3: -Sleep terrors differ from nightmares. The dreamer of a nightmare wakes up from the dream and may remember details, but a person who has a sleep terror episode remains asleep. Children usually don’t remember anything about their sleep terrors in the morning.

Detailed explanation-4: -Night terrors, which typically occur in children between 3 and 8 years old, are often more intense than nightmares and can be more upsetting. Unlike nightmares, night terrors usually happen in the early stages of sleep (non-REM sleep), often within the first two hours.

Detailed explanation-5: -Night terrors and nightmares are different and happen at different stages of sleep. During a night terror you may talk and move about but are asleep. It’s rare to remember having a night terror. Nightmares are bad dreams you wake up from and can remember.