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A child is kicking and screaming with his eyes open wide. Which stage of sleep would you most expect him to be in? A) REM sleep B) Non-REM sleep C) Awake - B) The child is having a night terror, which happen almost exclusively in non-REM sleep. - Typically Night terror = Stage 4 sleep Alex has been known to sleep walk ever since he was a young kid. One night, Alex drives to publix, comes home and cooks a pizza all while sleeping. What stage of sleep is Alex most likely in and do you believe that he is acting out his dream? A) Stage 1; Yes - he is acting out his dreams B) Stage 5/REM sleep; yes - he is acting out his dreams C) Stage 4; No - he is not acting out his dreams - C) Sleep walkers are NOT acting out their dreams , bc sleepwalking almost always occurs during Non-REM sleep (especially stages 3 and 4). Which of the following are not proposed ideas of why we dream? A) Processing emotional memories. B) Integrating new experiences with established memories to make sense of and create a virtual reality model of the world. C) Learning new strategies and ways of doing things, like swinging golf club. D) stimulating threatening events so we can better cope with them in everyday life.E) Reorganizing and consolidating memories F) All of the above. - F) All are proposed ideas in the book There are sharp disagreements among scientists about the role of the brain stem and REM sleep, and the role that development plays in dr