Ch 4 Quiz 2

Some people prefer to stay up late whereas other people prefer to get up early. What describes a person's natural tendency to sleep at certain times of the day?

morning lark
night owl
circadian rhythm
sleep regulation
chronotype

Which of the following best describes jet lag?

When a person's circadian rhtym is out of sync for more than 2 weeks.
The drag that airplanes experience when flying through the air.
When there is a match between a person's internal body clock and the external environment.
When there is a mismatch between a person's internal environment clock and an external clock.
When there is a mismatch between a person's internal body clock and the external environment after traveling across several time zones.

Which structure in the brain releases melatonin?

The hypothalamus
The pituitary gland
The suprachiasmatic nucleus
The pineal gland
The thalamus

Who can be described as being in sleep debt?

Channing who stayed up late into the night cramming for an exam.
Mary who falls asleep on the couch at 8pm, gets up at 11pm and sleeps the rest of the night in bed.
Feroze who has started going to sleep an hour later than normal, but also wakes up an hour later.
Tom who falls asleep two hours earlier than normal and sleeps two hours later than usual.
Kayli, a mother to a one year old who refuses to sleep past 4am in the morning.

Who is most likely to have their pineal gland stimulated?

Aoife who is watching the sun set from the top of a hill.
Farouk who is on his phone while in bed at 3am.
Tiffany who is on her 5th online meeting of the day.
Grant who, while training for space flight, is placed in a sensory deprivation tank
Biyu who is playing a soccer match at 12pm.

Who is most likely to suffer from depression and/or anxiety?

Navraj who is a boardgame enthusiast and enjoys designing boardgames late into the night.
Kayli, a professor who finds that she does her best work from 9pm to 3am, and sleeps from 4am to 12pm.
Simon, a musician, who works from 9am to 7pm on week days.
Katarina, an anesthesiologist, who has a surgery scheduled for 9pm on Monday, 7am on Tuesday, 7am on Wednesday, 6pm on Thursday, and is on call for Friday and Saturday nights.
Jiwon who works only on night shifts on a boat at sea.