Sleeping Patterns Often Change in Older Adults

question 57

Multiple Choice

Sleeping patterns often change in older adults. All of the following are considered changes EXCEPT

• A) circadian rhythms change.
• B) changes in the organization of sleep stages.
• C) less synchronous Stage 2 EEG activity.
• D) decreases in total sleep time.
• E) increases in the length of REM periods.

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Definitions:

Freud

Sigmund Freud, an Austrian neurologist, pioneered psychoanalysis, which is a therapeutic approach for addressing mental disorders through conversations between a psychoanalyst and their patient.

Ego

A psychoanalytic term referring to the part of the mind that mediates between the conscious and the unconscious and is responsible for reality testing and a sense of personal identity.

Id

In psychoanalytic theory, the part of the psyche that is the source of instinctual impulses and demands for immediate gratification.

Freud

An Austrian neurologist named Sigmund Freud pioneered psychoanalysis, which is a therapeutic method involving discussions between a psychoanalyst and a patient to treat mental illnesses.