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The stages of sleep as characterised by brain waves can be measured by using: b. REM c. MRI d. TMS |
a. EEG |
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Dreaming can be measured by using: a. EEG b. REM c. MRI d. TMS |
b. REM (rapid eye movement) |
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What type of waves in EEG indicates alert wakefulness? |
a. Beta waves (smallest) |
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What is the term for being able to control our dreams? |
Lucid Dreaming |
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Steve Laberge's Research in 1980 stated that: |
c. lucid dreamers able to signal that they aredreaming while asleep and in the dream |
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One reason why some researchers claim that hypnosis may not be a genuine alterationof consciousness is that: b. hypnotised people can keep their hands in a bucket of water for longer c. hypnotised people often do embarrassing things on stage against their will d. all of the above |
d. all of the above |
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Barber (1964)'s study claimed that hypnosis does NOT alter consciousness because ... c. Pronzo Illusion d. b and c |
d. b and c |
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Barber (1964)'s study claimed that hypnosis DOES alter consciousness because ... a. It alters brain arrangement b. There is proof in past events and studies c. Pronzo Illusion d. stroop effect |
d. stroop effect |
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Daydreaming research indicates that a. students rarely pay attention in lectures b. daydreaming rarely happens outside of boring laboratory contexts c. daydreaming is very common d. all of the above |
c. daydreaming is very common |
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Altered states of consciousness, or states in which the usual ways of perceiving, thinking,and feeling are modified or disrupted, are culturally patterned and may occur through: a. ingestion of drugs b. hypnosis c. meditation d. all of the above |
d. all of the above |
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Which of the following psychoactive drugs fall into the “stimulant” category? a. LSD b. Caffeine c. PCP d. Opiates |
b. Caffeine |
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Which of the following psychoactive drugs fall into the “depressant” category? a. alcohol b. Caffeine c. peyote d. Opiates |
a. alcohol |
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Which of the following psychoactive drugs fall into the “opiates” (pain relief/sleep inducing) category? a. codeine b. opium c. morphine d. heroine e. all of the above |
e. all the above |
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Which of the following psychoactive drugs fall into the “cannabis" (altered experience) category? d. a and b |
d. a and b |
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Which of the following psychoactive drugs fall into the “Hallucinogens' (distorted perception) category? c. amphetamines |
a. heroin |
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At auditory threshold, the hair cell displacement is |
b. 100 picometers |
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Conduction is a. The Freudian term for the hidden desires in dreams b. the propagation of nerve impulse down the axon c. Part of Signal Detection Theory d. The process of turning the chemical energy around us into neural signals |
b. the propagation of nerve impulse down the axon |
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Otoliths respond to: |
b. linear acceleration and gravity |
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The somatosensory cortex processes: a. Temperature b. Motion c. Time d. Touch |
d. Touch |
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How is Pitch coded? a. direct firing b. volleying c. place coding d. all of the above |
d. all of the above |
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Sound is localised by: c. arrival time at one ear d. arrival time at two ears |
b. comparing arrival times and intensity at two ears |
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The vestibular system codes for b. rotatary and linear accelerations c. short and slow accelerations |
c. short and slow accelerations |
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Early experimental research on attentional selectivity were conducted by: |
d. Colin Cherry in 1950s |
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Dichotic Listening involves: c. Listening to 3 sets of words at the same time and saying one word from that set |
b. Listening to 2 sets of words at the same time and saying out the one you gave attention to |
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The first ever theory for selective attention is: c. Broadbent's Filter Theory (1958) |
c. Broadbent's Filter Theory (1958) |
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B.Deutsh Deatsch (1963)'s Late Selection Theory/Parallel Processor involves: b. few information undergoes analysis before input takes place |
a. that all information undergo analysis for meaning before input takes place |
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Corteen & Wood (1972)'s study conditioned subjects.. c. to shift attention to a specific word |
b. to be afraid of a word (paired with electric shock) |
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Corteen & Wood (1972)'s study found that |
d. everything is processed semantically even if it does not reach awareness |
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Trying to perform two tasks at the same time may reveal limits in a. attentional capacity b. the density of neurons in the corpus callosumc. the storage capacity of LTM d. theta waves in EEG |
a. attentional capacity |
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The Yerkes-Dodson Law states that : a. Performance is at peak at a low level of arousal c. Performance is at its peak at high levels of arousal |
d. Performance is at its peak at intermediate levels of arousal |
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According to Yerkes-Dodson Law, introverts perform better with |
a. higher levels of arousal |
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According to Yerkes-Dodson Law, extroverts perform better with a. higher levels of arousal b. lower levels of arousal c. intermediate levels of arousal d. Above all |
b. lower levels of arousal |
