The Best Indication That Dreaming Serves a Necessary Biological Function

question 69

Multiple Choice

The best indication that dreaming serves a necessary biological function is provided by the fact that

• A) most dreams are psychologically meaningless.
• B) the disruption of REM sleep leads to narcolepsy.
• C) most mammals experience REM rebound.
• D) sexual tension is naturally discharged during REM sleep.

Recognize the role of proteins and ions in cellular transport processes.

Understand the principles of active and passive transport, including primary and secondary active transport, and their role in nutrient uptake.

Appreciate the clinical implications of transport mechanisms and their relevance to human health, including the effects of mutations.

Analyze and apply knowledge of cellular transport mechanisms to hypothetical scenarios involving drug treatment or genetic mutations.

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Definitions:

Sample Variance

A measure of the dispersion or variability within a sample dataset, indicating how much the individual data points differ from the sample mean.

Population Variance

A measure of the dispersion of a set of data points in a population, calculated as the average of the squared distances of each data point from the population mean.

Unbiased Estimator

A statistical estimator that, when applied repeatedly to numerous samples, gives correct parameter values on average.

Consistent Estimator

A statistical property where an estimator approaches the true parameter value as the sample size increases indefinitely.