Teen Sleeping Assingment Sac 2 Vce Unit 3 Psychology
The sleep patterns amongst students aged 13-19 on the weekdays and weekends.
The investigation was base on the variation in sleeping patterns of students aged 13-19 years of age on weekdays and weekends. This was a non-experimental design in a form of a survey. 69 Males and 81 females a total of 150 student’s where used for this survey. The survey used means such as second person survey, the Internet and social net working. The 150 people surveyed where of convince as they where all students. The results indicated that the student’s surveyed where getting less than the recommended hours of sleep (8 -9 hours) on weekdays and the recommend hours of sleep on weekends, it was also overwhelming in the results that on weekdays the wake up time was not preferred. The reasons for these results could be biological, environmental, social & cultural.
This survey cannot be generalized because it is not a general representation it is a sample of convince.
The research investigation aims to find out the sleeping patterns or sleep wake cycle (the species-specific biological pattern of alternating sleep and wakefulness, in humans) of students between the ages of 13-19. Specifically this task aims to investigate the number of hours the students sleep on weekdays compared to weekends and if the participants wake up on the preferred time on school days. It was hypothesised that teenagers (13-19 years old) are achieving less than the recommended hours of sleep (8 -9 hours) on weekends. In addition the time that they wake up on a school morning is not there preferred time. The hypothesis was supported by previous research such as research done by DR Karl S. Kruszelnicki 3 May 2007. In this research DR Kruszelnicki states that the natural circadian rhythm (A circadian rhythm is any biological process which displays oscillation of about 24 hours, they are adjusted to the local environment by external cues called zeitgebers, commonly the most important of which is daylight.)
The investigation was base on the variation in sleeping patterns of students aged 13-19 years of age on weekdays and weekends. This was a non-experimental design in a form of a survey. 69 Males and 81 females a total of 150 student’s where used for this survey. The survey used means such as second person survey, the Internet and social net working. The 150 people surveyed where of convince as they where all students. The results indicated that the student’s surveyed where getting less than the recommended hours of sleep (8 -9 hours) on weekdays and the recommend hours of sleep on weekends, it was also overwhelming in the results that on weekdays the wake up time was not preferred. The reasons for these results could be biological, environmental, social & cultural.
This survey cannot be generalized because it is not a general representation it is a sample of convince.
The research investigation aims to find out the sleeping patterns or sleep wake cycle (the species-specific biological pattern of alternating sleep and wakefulness, in humans) of students between the ages of 13-19. Specifically this task aims to investigate the number of hours the students sleep on weekdays compared to weekends and if the participants wake up on the preferred time on school days. It was hypothesised that teenagers (13-19 years old) are achieving less than the recommended hours of sleep (8 -9 hours) on weekends. In addition the time that they wake up on a school morning is not there preferred time. The hypothesis was supported by previous research such as research done by DR Karl S. Kruszelnicki 3 May 2007. In this research DR Kruszelnicki states that the natural circadian rhythm (A circadian rhythm is any biological process which displays oscillation of about 24 hours, they are adjusted to the local environment by external cues called zeitgebers, commonly the most important of which is daylight.)