Module 7 Homework Assignment OPTION 1: Neurobiology of Sleep and Biological Rhy

Module 7 Homework Assignment OPTION 1: Neurobiology of Sleep and Biological Rhythms
50 points
PURPOSE: This activity will help you to learn more about sleep and biological rhythms and how the brain regulates these.
STUDENT LEARNING OUTCOMES: After completing this activity, the student will be able to:
Identify why we sleep, focusing on brain and physiological mechanisms that control sleep, including the effects of sleep deprivation on physical and mental activity, and how sleep is studied in the laboratory (meets APA Goal 1.1)
Identify ethical concerns with sleep research (meets APA Goal 3.1)
Explain in writing for a lay audience why we sleep, the effects of sleep deprivation, how sleep is studied in the laboratory, and ethical concerns with sleep research (meets APA Goal 4.1)
APA GOALS: This activity meets the following APA Guidelines for the Undergraduate Major:
1.1 Describe key concepts, principles, and overarching themes in psychology
3.1 Apply ethical standards to evaluate psychological science and practice
4.1 Demonstrate effective writing for different purposes
TASK: You’ve been really excited about everything you’ve been learning in class this semester, and especially interested to learn about sleep. Over dinner one night, you mention to your partner that you’ve been studying the brain mechanisms involved in sleep. Your partner gets very interested, and wants to know more, especially why people have to sleep at all….wouldn’t we be so much more productive if we didn’t have to sleep? Explain to your partner why we sleep, paying special attention to the hypothesis that sleep is a restorative process. Make sure to discuss the effects of sleep deprivation and physical and mental activity. Next explain what controls sleep—could it be a blood-borne chemical? Why or why not? Finally, explain how you know—describe the laboratory methods used to study sleep, paying special attention to any ethical concerns with this type of research. Explain in an essay that is 250+ words.
SUBMIT: Your 250+ word essay to Canvas by the deadline.
Module 7 Application Activity Rubric: Neurobiology of Sleep (1)
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