AP PSYCHOLOGY

BIOLOGICAL BASES OF BEHAVIOR

BIOLOGY OF CONSCIOUSNESS

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
Alex complains of chronic insomnia. He has had a medical check-up and is healthy, yet he has difficulty falling asleep. What is the best advice you can give in this situation?
A
Have a glass of wine right before bedtime.
B
Go to the doctor and get a prescription for sleeping pills.
C
Go to bed at the same time every evening and wake up at the same time in the morning.
D
Do some strenuous exercise right before going to bed.
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -Alex complains of chronic insomnia, He has had a medical check-up and is healthy, yet he has difficulty falling asleep. What is the best advice you can give in this situation? Go to bed at the same time every evening and wake up at the same time in the morning.

Detailed explanation-2: -Parasomnias. A disorder that may include nightmares, chest pain, night terrors, sleepwalking and sleep talking; most common in childhood and sometimes worsens during adolescence and adulthood.

Detailed explanation-3: -Insomnia is a sleep disorder in which you have trouble falling and/or staying asleep.

Detailed explanation-4: -What should be changed to make the following sentence true? “The consequences of sleep debt include increased levels of alertness and mental efficiency.” The word “increased” should be changed to the word “decreased."

Detailed explanation-5: -Specifically, the neurocognitive model proposes that insomnia leads to conditioned cortical arousal, manifest as increased high-frequency (beta and gamma) EEG activity during sleep. High-frequency EEG activity is thought to be associated with enhanced sensory processing, memory formation, and conscious perception.

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