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Aviva wakes up abruptly after she dreams she is falling from the sky. She is relieved to find herself safe and secure in her comfortable bed. What may have caused Aviva to feel as if she were falling?
 
  a. activation of the vestibular system
  b. hyperstimulation of the cerebellum
  c. surge in human growth hormone release
  d. increased K-complex formation

Question 2

Maria dreams that she is standing in the middle of the street as a bus travels toward her, but she feels frozen and cannot move out of the way. According to which theory does Marias inability to move reflect the muscle paralysis that occurs during the REM state?
 
  a. static-depiction theory
  b. instinctive-representation theory
  c. real-time paralysis theory
  d. activation-synthesis theory



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