AP PSYCHOLOGY

Detailed explanation-1: -Common sleep disorders in children include sleep apnea and insomnia, as well as parasomnias, which are disruptive sleep-related behaviors such as sleepwalking and night terrors. Sleep disorders in children, especially parasomnias, are not likely to persist past adolescence.

Detailed explanation-2: -The cause is unknown but night terrors are often triggered by fever, lack of sleep or periods of emotional tension, stress or conflict. Night terrors are like nightmares, except that nightmares usually occur during rapid eye movement (REM) sleep and are most common in the early morning.

Detailed explanation-3: -Sleep terrors are a disorder of arousal, meaning they occur during N3 sleep, the deepest stage of non-rapid eye movement (NREM) sleep. Another NREM disorder is sleepwalking, which can occur together with sleep terrors.

Detailed explanation-4: -The parasomnias-sleep terrors, somnambulism and enuresis-appear to be related to central nervous system immaturity and are often outgrown.