When a Person Is Shut Off from the World, Such

question 244

Multiple Choice

When a person is shut off from the world, such that he or she cannot even tell what time it is by light or dark for several days, this person's sleep-waking cycle will

• A)stay exactly as it was since this cycle is innate and cannot be modified.
• B)shorten to an average of about 20 hours.
• C)lengthen to about 25 hours.
• D)become completely disrupted.

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