Module 6: reading question Flashcards
People often look at the brightest or most colorful parts of an image first. This idea is known as ______________ and it is a ______________ process.
a. stimulus salience; top-down
b. selective attention; bottom-up
c. stimulus salience; bottom-up
d. selective attention; top-down
c. stimulus salience; bottom-up
Which of the following would not be considered part of consciousness?
A. Different levels of arousal and attention
B. The content of your current thoughts and internal states
C. Your subjective awareness of internal and external events
D. The signals from your brain telling your heart to beat
D. The signals from your brain telling your heart to beat
If Sally is currently worrying about all the things she needs to do during the day, it is most likely that a psychologist would say these thoughts are part of her _____________.
a. conscious content
b. unconscious content
c. unconscious state
a. conscious content
If I showed a person with split brain an image of a Car on the right and an image of a Dog on the left, I should expect that (select all that apply)
a. This person could name the car
b. This person could name the Dog
c. This person could draw a car with their right hand and not know why
d. This person could draw a dog with their left hand and not know why.
a. This person could name the car
d. This person could draw a dog with their left hand and not know why.
Selma is typing her notes into a shared Google Doc for class when her roommate asks her what time the gym closes. If Selma is able to continue typing her notes while answering the question, which of the following is/are likely to be true? Select all that apply.
a. This is a good example of selective attention
b. Selma has achieved automaticity while typing
c. Selma might make an error while typing
b. Selma has achieved automaticity while typing
c. Selma might make an error while typing
If Malcom is dreaming that he is a knight riding a fire-breathing doughnut through a tunnel of Cheerios, which of the following can we also assume? Select all that apply.
a
Malcom is anxious.
b
Malcom’s EEG would most likely reflect delta activity.
c
Messages sent from Malcom’s brain to his body would be reduced.
Your answer
d
Malcom’s EEG would most likely reflect beta activity.
c
Messages sent from Malcom’s brain to his body would be reduced.
Your answer
d
Malcom’s EEG would most likely reflect beta activity.
Which of the following statements about sleep disorders are true? Select all that apply.
Multiple answers:
Multiple answers are accepted for this question
a
REM sleep disorder results in people acting out their dreams
b
Sleepwalking occurs during slow-wave sleep
Your answer
c
Sleepwalkers are acting out their dreams
d
Both REM sleep disorder and sleepwalking occur during REM sleep
e
Sleepwalking is a symptom of REM sleep disorder
a
REM sleep disorder results in people acting out their dreams
b
Sleepwalking occurs during slow-wave sleep
Your answer
If you are looking at an EEG of a participant in stage 2 sleep, which of the following would you expect to encounter? Select all that apply.
a
Sleep spindles
b
K-complexes
c
Theta waves
d
Beta waves
a
Sleep spindles
b
K-complexes
c
Theta waves
Imagine you are preparing to take a history exam. Based on what you know about sleep, it is probably in your best interest to follow which plan of action?
a
Sleep for more than 10 hours the night before the exam.
b
Be sure to get plenty of REM sleep, but not slow-wave sleep.
c
Be sure to get plenty of slow-wave sleep; REM sleep is less important in this case.
d
Be sure to get as many K-complexes as possible during slow-wave sleep.
e
Avoid sleep altogether and study all night.
c
Be sure to get plenty of slow-wave sleep; REM sleep is less important in this case.
