While serving as a subject in a laboratory sleep study for several nights, Steve was awakened whenever he entered REM sleep. It is MOST accurate to state that Steve was in a study designed to examine the effects of
A) selective deprivation.
B) sleep deprivation.
C) sleep restriction.
D) selective interruption.

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Selective deprivation refers to the experimental condition where a specific stage of sleep, such as REM sleep, is selectively interrupted or deprived to study its effects.

While Serving as a Subject in a Laboratory Sleep Study