Sylvia Is Aware of Your Extensive Background in Sleep Disturbances

question 43

Multiple Choice

Sylvia is aware of your extensive background in sleep disturbances and disorders.She is not certain how to tell if her son is experiencing sleep terrors or nightmares.What could you tell her to help her determine the difference?

• A)Sleep terrors take place in deep sleep,so they will not come until hours into the sleep cycle.
• B)If the child can remember what she was dreaming,it is probably a nightmare.
• C)Eating a heavy meal before bed can bring on sleep terrors.
• D)Sleep terrors tend to affect girls,and nightmares tend to affect boys.

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Definitions:

Emotional Arousal

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Techniques or interventions aimed at improving the ability to retain and recall information.

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Frontal Lobe

One of the four major lobes of the cerebral cortex, associated with reasoning, planning, parts of speech, movement, emotions, and problem-solving abilities.