Psy 113 Assignment 1
10 pts
How Large Is Your Sleep Debt?
Due 9/18 Tuesday
Complete the survey that is on the 2nd page concerning your sleep habits and
then answer the questions below. Once you have counted the number of
“Yes” responses, look at survey interpretation. (This survey gives a very
quick look at sleep debt/deficit and is meant to be informative)
Please type your answers, and include your total score.
Score
4 or less
5 or 6
7 or 8
9 – 11
12 – 14
15 – 17
Interpretation
Adequate sleep
Most days adequate. Some days sleep account is short, less than
100% performance
Evidence of sleep debt may cause noticeable reduction in efficiency
Definitely large sleep debt, work likely to suffer large random errors
Same as previous, with general quality of life suffering, less social
less interested in world, a bit accident prone, memory defects
Major problem with sleep debt. Sleepiness levels of those found in
people with clinical levels of sleep disturbance. Person should
increase amount of sleep or seek professional help if sleep problems
Answer these questions as a reaction to your own survey score.
1 In what way are you surprised by your score? What does it tell you about
your own sleep habits?
2 How might your score explain your actions in studying or socializing ?
3 What can you learn from this information, and how could you change your
sleep behavior? How important might this be for you?
How Large Is Your Sleep Debt?
The following questionnaire is designed to determine whether you have a sleep
deficit. Answer each question by putting a Yes or No by each item.(you will
count answers)
1. Do you usually need a loud alarm clock to wake you up in the morning?
2. Do you usually hit the snooze control to get a few minutes more of sleep when
the alarm goes off in the morning (or simply turn off the alarm and try to catch a
bit more sleep)?
3. Do you find that getting out of bed in the morning is usually a struggle?
4. Do you sometimes sleep through the alarm?
5. Do you usually find that a single beer, glass of wine, or other alcoholic drink
seems to have a noticeable effect on you?
6. Do you sleep longer on weekends than you normally do during the week?
7. On vacations and holidays do you sleep longer than you normally do on regular
workweeks?
8. Do you often feel that your “get-up-and-go” has gotten up and gone?
9. Do you find that it is more difficult to attend to details on routine chores than it
used to be?
10. Do you sometimes fall asleep when you had not intended to?
11. Do you sometimes find yourself getting very sleepy while you are sitting and
reading?
12. Do you sometimes find yourself getting very sleepy or dozing off when you are
watching TV?
13. When you are a passenger in an airplane, car, bus, or train and the trip lasts
over an hour without a break, do you commonly find yourself getting very sleepy
or dozing off?
14. Do you usually feel extremely sleepy or doze off when you are sitting quietly
after a large lunch without alcohol?
15. Do you tend to get sleepy when you are sitting quietly at a public meeting,
lecture, or in a theater?
16. Have you sometimes found yourself getting extremely sleepy with the urge to
doze when you drive and are stopped for a few minutes in traffic?
17. Do you drink more than four cups of coffee or tea (containing caffeine) during
the day? (Remember to count refills; also count extra large take-out cups as two
cups.) Yes No
To score this test, count the number of times you circled yes.