Regarding Sleep Patterns, Which of the Following Statements Is FALSE

question 528

Multiple Choice

Regarding sleep patterns, which of the following statements is FALSE?

• A)Short sleepers average five hours or less of sleep per night, while long sleepers sleep nine hours or more.
• B)A few rare individuals can get by on an hour or two of sleep a night and feel perfectly fine.
• C)Infants spend up to 20 hours a day sleeping, usually in two- to four-hour cycles.
• D)Those over the age of 50 average about nine hours of sleep a night.

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