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9.1 Sleep and dreaming

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Question 11

A person goes to bed at a sensible time every night, but for several months has not been able to fall asleep for hours. They are tired and make mistakes at work the next day.

Explain why this pattern suggests the person has insomnia.

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9.1 Sleep and dreaming Questions

  1. GCSE
  2. /Psychology
  3. /9.1 Sleep and dreaming

48 exam-style questions on Edexcel GCSE Psychology 9.1 Sleep and dreaming, covering 9.1.1 Functions, features and benefits of sleep, 9.1.2 Internal and external influences on sleep, 9.1.3 Sleep disorders, 9.1.4 Freudian theory of dreaming (Freud, 1900), and 9.1.5 Activation Synthesis Theory (Hobson and McCarley, 1977). Each one has a worked solution and a mark scheme showing where the marks go.

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