Activity for the book My Psychology

Show Me More: 4.3 Teens, Sleep, and School Start Times

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By waking teenagers up before their natural biological clock is ready, we are robbing them of their dream sleep, which is most associated with all but which of the following?
Among American teenagers, only about in 10 get(s) the 8 to 10 hours of sleep that is recommended each night.
Researchers studied school districts where school start times were later than average. They found that teenagers