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.