AP PSYCHOLOGY

STATES OF CONSCIOUSNESS

DREAMS

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
Which sleep disorder is characterized by intense hallucinatory dreams that typically affect young children during NREM-3 sleep?
A
Night Terrors
B
Sleep Apnea
C
Narcolepsy
D
Insomnia
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -Non rapid eye movement (NREM) parasomnias are abnormal behaviors arising primarily but not exclusively during non-REM stage three (N3) sleep. Phenotypes include sleepwalking, sleep terrors, confusional arousals, sexsomnia, and sleep-related eating disorder (SRED).

Detailed explanation-2: -Disorders of arousal from non-rapid eye movement (NREM) sleep are parasomnias that include confusional arousals, sleepwalking, sleep terrors, and their variants.

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: -Nightmare disorder is when nightmares happen often, cause distress, disrupt sleep, cause problems with daytime functioning or create fear of going to sleep.

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