Chapters 4,5,6,

Which theorist suggested that dreaming may represent a state of protoconsciousness?

John Hobson

Tyrahn's rods do not transform light into nerve impulses as easily and efficiently as they should, so he has difficulty seeing in dim light. This is called ________.

night blindness

NREM sleep is a period of sleep ________.

outside periods of REM sleep

The encoding of words and their meaning is known as ________ encoding.

semantic

Congenital deafness refers to deafness ________.

since birth

Which of the following exemplifies gustation?

tasting freshly caught salmon

Your ears receive sound waves and convert this energy into neural messages that travel to your brain and are processed as sounds. This is an example of ________.

transduction

Which of the following is an example of a mnemonic device?

using the acronym "HOMES" to remember the names of five Great Lakes

Which of the following is an example of a synthetic opioid? -coffee -methadone -methamphetamine -nicotine

methamphetamine

Aleah remembers that her dog is named Rocky and her cat is named Skipper, but she can't remember the name of her first grade teacher's dog and cat. This is an example of ________.

Atkinson- Shriffin Model

Two lines appear to be a different length, though in reality they are the same length. This is known as the ________ illusion.

Muller-Lyer

Which researcher believed that dreams simply reflect life events that are important to the dreamer?

Rosalind Cartwright

Which theorist described dreams as having manifest and latent content?

Sigmund Freud

Sariah enters a room with several chirping crickets in it. Upon first entering the room, Sariah can hear the chirping; however, as she begins to talk to her friends, she is no longer aware of the chirping even though it is still there. The fact that Sariah no longer perceives the chirping sound demonstrates sensory ________.

adaptation

The ________ wave is characteristic of stage 1 sleep.

alpha

Forgetting anything good that happened on your trip to France because you just broke up with your French fiancée and now can't bear the thought of anything French is a good example of ________: Memories are distorted by your current belief system.

bias

Bev likes to be up late at night and sleep in; Caleb likes to wake up with the sun and go to bed early. A psychologist would say they have different ________.

chronotypes

Most people are awake during the day and asleep at night because their ________ cycles are aligned with the outside world.

circadian

Petra walks into a brightly lit Psychology lab to participate in an experiment involving the ability to perceive the colors of the rainbow. Which photoreceptors will be most useful during this experiment?

cones

Alcohol is considered a ________ because it tends to suppress central nervous system activity.

depressant

Lisa puts five quarters into the parking meter every time she goes downtown. However, when asked, Lisa cannot say if the head on a quarter is facing left or right. This may be an example of ________, because Lisa never paid attention to the picture in the first place.

encoding failure

I am trying to learn the names of all 50 states. While I am actively remembering and recalling this information, it is considered ________.

explicit memory

Hertz is a measure of ________.

frequency

A public opinion poll was administered to 50 people before the election of President Barack Obama. Polls taken before election night showed 50% of the people polled believed Barack Obama would be elected president. After the election results, the same people were asked if they believed Barack Obama would be elected president, and this time 75% of the people said yes. This may be an example of ________ bias.

hindsight

Chuck was in a car accident. He wishes he could put it behind him, but every night he has dreams about it, and every time he sees a car he remembers how he felt that day. Which category of memory failure associated with the seven sins of memory is exemplified?

intrusion

Which of the following describes the difference in stimuli required to detect a difference between the stimuli?

just noticeable

A theta wave is a type of ________.

low frequency, low amplitude brain wave

What is the set of processes used to encode, store, and retrieve information over different periods of time?

memory

Vinnie is standing on one leg with his arms in the air. The ________ sense helps keep him balanced so he has less chance of falling over.

vestibular balance