Consciousness

Question 1

According to the biological perspective, memories are consolidated during _____ and erased during _____.

Answer 1

NREM sleep; REM sleep

Question 2

A group of friends and I went to a show with a famous hypnotist. My friend went on stage and was deeply hypnotised in no time. She displays:

Answer 2

Hyper-hypnosis.

Question 3

A group of friends and I went to a show with a famous hypnotist. My friend went on stage and was deeply hypnotised in no time. She displays:

Answer 3

Hypnotic susceptibility.

Question 4

Ethan has been highly alert playing a video game but then lies back on the couch and starts to relax. It is likely that his brain waves will have changed from ____ to ____ waves as he made the transition.

Answer 4

Beta; Alpha

Question 5

I have a mole on my shoulder that is slowly getting darker. I decide to ignore it because I don’t want to find out if it’s cancerous or not. I am exhibiting:

Answer 5

Selective inattention.

Question 6

Research on priming has demonstrated that in a dichotic listening task the information presented in the unattended channel:

Answer 6

Is attended to on some level.

Question 7

The ability to focus on one voice and tune out other voices has been called:

Answer 7

The cocktail party phenomenon.