Which of the following statements does NOT represent a current hypothesis on the evolutionary bases of sleep?
A) Sleep helps restore energy and other body resources depleted by waking activities.
B) The immobilization associated with sleep reduces exposure to predators and other dangers.
C) Sleep allows us to live out our unconscious wishes and desires.
D) Sleep evolved to help maintain a constant, high body temperature by metabolic means.

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The hypothesis that sleep allows us to live out our unconscious wishes and desires is not a current hypothesis on the evolutionary bases of sleep. This idea was proposed by Sigmund Freud as a psychoanalytic theory of dreams, but it is not supported by scientific evidence as an evolutionary basis for sleep. The other options (A, B, and D) represent current hypotheses on the evolutionary bases of sleep, including energy restoration, predator avoidance, and thermoregulation.

Which of the Following Statements Does NOT Represent a Current