AP PSYCHOLOGY

BIOLOGICAL BASES OF BEHAVIOR

BIOLOGY OF CONSCIOUSNESS

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
Sleep is considered a necessary vital function because it
A
Helps people recover from stress.
B
Build up a person’s resistance to infection.
C
Maintains the brain’s proper functioning.
D
All of these.
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -Nevertheless, it is quite evident that sleep is essential for many vital functions including development, energy conservation, brain waste clearance, modulation of immune responses, cognition, performance, vigilance, disease, and psychological state.

Detailed explanation-2: -A purpose of sleep “recover from depleting activities during waking time that we use up the body’s physical and mental resources” Allows damaged cells to be repaired, replenish the stores of energy. NREM: believed to be important from restoring and repairing the body (phyiscal).

Detailed explanation-3: -n. a circadian state characterized by partial or total suspension of consciousness, voluntary muscle inhibition, and relative insensitivity to stimulation. Other characteristics include unique sleep-related electroencephalogram and brain-imaging patterns (see sleep stages).

Detailed explanation-4: -Which of the following are purposes of sleep as speculated by scientists? Allows neurons in the brain to rest.

Detailed explanation-5: -Which of the following is true of brain activity during sleep? Most brain neurons cease all activity during sleep.

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