Multiple Choice
Which of the following statements about dreaming is accurate with respect to the timing of the longest dreams during sleep?
5. Consciousness and Sleep
Sleep
Multiple Choice
Sleep takes up about blank______ of our lives.
A
one-fourth
B
one-third
C
one-half
D
two-thirds
Verified step by step guidance1
Understand the question is asking about the proportion of our lives spent sleeping.
Recall general psychological and biological research findings on human sleep patterns.
Recognize that on average, humans sleep about 8 hours per day.
Calculate the fraction of 24 hours spent sleeping: \( \frac{8}{24} \).
Simplify the fraction to find the proportion of life spent sleeping, which corresponds to one-third.
Related Videos
Related Practice
