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Intro to Psychology Unit 2 Chapter 4 quiz (consciousness, sleep and dreams)

Question 1 of 15

1

A bank teller was so distracted by the sight of a bank robber's weapon that she failed to perceive important features of the criminal's physical appearance. This best illustrates

Select one of the following:

  • dissociation

  • change blindness

  • selective attention

  • a near-death experience

Explanation

Question 2 of 15

1

Drivers are slower to detect traffic signals if they are talking on a cell phone. This best illustrates the impact of

Select one of the following:

  • latent content

  • selective attention

  • REM rebound

  • blindsight

Explanation

Question 3 of 15

1

When asked to watch a video and press a key each time a black-shirted player passed a basketball, most research participants remained unaware of an umbrella-toting woman strolling across the video screen. This illustrated

Select one of the following:

  • REM rebound

  • inattentional blindness

  • neuroadaptation

  • latent content

Explanation

Question 4 of 15

1

While a man provided directions to a construction worker. two experimenter rudely interrupted by passing between them carrying a door. The man's failure to notice that the construction worker was replaced by a different person during this interruption illustrates

Select one of the following:

  • dissociation

  • hypnagogic sensations

  • neuroadaptation

  • change blindness

Explanation

Question 5 of 15

1

Fast and jerky movements of the eyes are expecially likely to be associated with

Select one of the following:

  • sleep spindles

  • dissociation

  • REM sleep

  • sleep apnea

Explanation

Question 6 of 15

1

Jordanna has decided to go to bed early. Although her eyes are closed and she is very relaxed, she has not yet fallen asleep. An EEG is most likely to indicate the presence of

Select one of the following:

  • delta waves

  • alpha waves

  • sleep spindles

  • rapid eye movements

Explanation

Question 7 of 15

1

REM sleep is called pardoxical sleep because

Select one of the following:

  • our heart rate is slow and steady, while our breathing is highly irregular

  • we are deeply asleep but can be awakened easily

  • our nervous system is highly active, while our voluntary muscles hardly move.

  • it leads to highly imaginative dreams that are perceived as colorless images

Explanation

Question 8 of 15

1

After sleeping for about an hour and a half, Jose enters a phase of paradoxical sleep. He is likely to

Select one of the following:

  • be easily awakened

  • have slower, more regular brathing

  • emit slower brain waves

  • have very relaxed muscles

Explanation

Question 9 of 15

1

A recurring difficulty in falling or staying asleep is called

Select one of the following:

  • narcolepsy

  • insomnia

  • sleep apnea

  • paradoxical sleep

Explanation

Question 10 of 15

1

During a heated argument with his teenage daughter, Mr. Reid suddenly sapsed into a state of REM sleep. Mr. Reid apparently suffers from

Select one of the following:

  • narcolepsy

  • insomnia

  • sleep apnea

  • REM rebound

Explanation

Question 11 of 15

1

The large, slow brain waves associated with NREM-3 sleep are called

Select one of the following:

  • sleep spindles

  • delta waves

  • alpha waves

  • REMs

Explanation

Question 12 of 15

1

Consciousness is

Select one of the following:

  • the ability to solve problems, reason, and remember.

  • the process of organizing and interpreting sensory information

  • effortless encoding of incidental information into memory

  • our awareness of ourselves and our environment

Explanation

Question 13 of 15

1

The simultaneous processing of information and both conscious and unconscious levels is called

Select one of the following:

  • the cocktail party effect.

  • the pop-out phnomenon

  • dual processing

  • neuroadaptation

Explanation

Question 14 of 15

1

A condition in which a person can respond to a visual stimulus without consciously experiencing it is known as

Select one of the following:

  • narcolepsy

  • change blindness

  • REM rebound

  • blindsight

Explanation

Question 15 of 15

1

The cocktail party effect provides an example of

Select one of the following:

  • Neuroadaptation

  • REM rebound

  • selective attention

  • hypnagogic sensations

Explanation

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