After a few days of sleep deprivation, it is most likely that a person would experience
A. no increase in the amount of sleep on the nights following the sleep deprivation
B. an increased amount of sleep on one or more nights
C. an increased amount of slow-wave sleep only
D. an increased amount of REM sleep only
The answer is B however I thought that option D could also be a valid option (ie. I thought that there were two answers). Could some explain why D is incorrect?
Because if a person is sleep deprived, they will have missed out on both NREM and REM sleep, and will need to have longer periods of both of them. They will not just experience an increased proportion of REM sleep
only. Also, another thing to look out for is the use of the word only. In psychology there is no answer that is ‘black or white’, there is never a definitive answer- that is another reason why D is wrong. Hope this helped!