AP PSYCHOLOGY

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BIOLOGICAL BASES OF BEHAVIOR

BIOLOGY OF CONSCIOUSNESS

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
Experimenters have shown that a person deprived of the ____ stage of sleep will become anxious, testy, and hungry and have difficulty concentrating.
A
REM
B
Stage 4
C
Stage 3
D
Stage 2
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -Why Is REM Sleep Called Paradoxical Sleep? Rapid eye movement (REM) sleep is called paradoxical sleep because it involves seemingly contradictory states of an active mind and a sleeping body.

Detailed explanation-2: -The correct answer is choice c, which affirms REM sleep alternates throughout the night with the other phases of sleep and increases in duration.

Detailed explanation-3: -During REM sleep, your eyes move rapidly behind your closed eyes, your heart rate speeds up, and your breathing becomes irregular. In contrast to other stages of sleep, in which your brain waves slow down, your brain is highly active during REM sleep, and your brain waves become more variable.

Detailed explanation-4: -The correct answer is c. increased voluntary muscle movement. Instead, the body becomes nearly immobile. The other answers do in fact occur in REM sleep.

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