Kanaye Has an Erratic Sleep Cycle Each Month, Regardless of Which

question 117

Multiple Choice

Kanaye has an erratic sleep cycle each month, regardless of which actions he takes. A typical cycle follows: Week 1: falls asleep around 6:00 P.M. and wakes around 2:00 A.M. Week 2: goes to sleep around 10:00 P.M. and wakes around 6:00 A.M. Week 3: cannot fall asleep until around 2:00 A.M., and then wakes around 10:00 A.M. Week 4: unable to fall asleep until 6:00 A.M. and wakes around 3:00 P.M. The appropriate diagnosis in this case is:

• A) insomnia disorder.
• B) hypersomnolence disorder.
• C) narcolepsy.
• D) circadian rhythm disorder.

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Definitions:

Spontaneous Recovery

The reappearance of a previously extinguished conditioned response after a pause, without new learning trials.

Higher-Order Conditioning

A process in classical conditioning by which a stimulus that was previously neutral is paired with a conditioned stimulus to produce the same conditioned response as the original conditioned stimulus.

Extinction

In biology, the end of an organism or of a group of organisms, normally a species; in psychology, the process through which a conditioned response is eliminated through repeated exposure without reinforcement.

Unconditioned Stimulus

In classical conditioning, a stimulus that naturally and automatically triggers an unconditioned response without prior conditioning.