Angela Has Trouble Falling Asleep at Night, Hates Getting Up

question 211

Multiple Choice

Angela has trouble falling asleep at night, hates getting up in the morning, and takes a long time to feel alert once she does get up. According to the Enhancing Well-Being with Psychology section, which of the following strategies might help Angela deal with her sleep problems?

• A) Monitor her intake of stimulants.
• B) Establish a quiet bedtime routine.
• C) Adopt a regular exercise program but avoid strenuous exercise within 3 hours of bedtime.
• D) All these strategies could help Angela.

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Definitions:

Serial Position Effect

A psychological phenomenon where an individual tends to remember the first and last items in a series better than those in the middle.

Nonsense Syllable

A string of letters that does not form a known word, used in psychological experiments to study memory and learning.

Curve of Forgetting

A graphical representation showing how information is lost over time when there is no attempt to retain it, illustrating the decline of memory retention.

Ebbinghaus

Ebbinghaus is often associated with Hermann Ebbinghaus, a psychologist known for his pioneering work on memory and the forgetting curve.