Skip to content

Course home

Sign up

9.1 Sleep and dreaming

EasyMediumHard
123456789101112131415161718192021222324252627282930313233
Question 28

During a conversation in the daytime, Theo suddenly falls asleep, even though he is trying to stay awake and slept well the night before. His friend says, "Theo has insomnia because he is tired."

Explain why Theo's friend is wrong.

[2]
Markscheme

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.

Question bank