PSYC-101 Week 3 Quiz

Nembutal

Which of the following substances is classified as a barbiturate?

False

True or False: Women seem less affected by alcohol than men because they have more of an enzyme called aldehyde dehydrogenase, which metabolizes alcohol in the stomach.

negative adaptation

When Darren first started working in the poultry plant, he found the smell from the chickens to be overwhelming. However, he gradually became accustomed to the smell, and now it no longer bothers him. This scenario illustrates an instance of ________.

It refers to material that is not in awareness but can be brought into awareness by focussing one's attention.

Which of the following best defines the term preconscious?

sleep terrors

Ray often wakes up at night talking loudly and incoherently. During this time, his heart rate increases, and he recalls vague images of someone pressing on his chest. However, he is never fully awake and returns to sleep. In the context of sleep disorders, Ray is exhibiting symptoms of ________.

True

True or False: Sleep terrors, bedwetting, and sleepwalking are all deep sleep disorders that occur during deep sleep (stage 3 or 4) sleep.

just noticeable difference.

When Kendall picked up her puppy, she did not realize that he'd gained a pound since the last time she picked him up. This small increase in weight is not big enough to be a

Sensory adaptation

At the start of the exam Bobbi did not notice any distracting sounds. As time passed she became more and more aware of the ticking clock on the wall. What is this an example of?

Sleep apnea

People with _____ stop breathing periodically, up to several hundred times per night.

lens

The _____ adjusts or accommodates to an image by changing its thickness.

True

True or False: The difference between sensation and perception is that sensation, or the stimulation of our senses, is an automated process resulting from sources of energy (light and sound) or the presence of chemicals (as in taste and smell), while perception is an active process in which sensations are organized and interpreted to form an inner representation of the world.

True

True or False: According to the American Lung Association, the hydrocarbons, or tars, in cigarettes and cigar smoke lead to lung cancer.

True

True or False: Biofeedback training is a system that provides information about bodily functions so the organism can gain control of that function.

False

True or False: Dreams are more likely to be coherent in plot than emotionally gripping.

False

True or False: Dreams are most likely to be vivid during non-rapid eye movement (NREM) sleep, whereas images are vaguer and more fleeting during rapid eye movement (REM) sleep.

False

True or False: Early in the 20th century, Gestalt psychologists noted certain consistencies in the way we integrate bits and pieces of sensory stimulation into meaningful wholes. This group of rules is referred to as the laws of similarity.

True

True or False: In psychodynamic theory,descriptive information that is not awareness, but can be brought into awareness by focussing one's attention (i.e. What did I eat for breakfast this morning? or What is my cell phone number?), is called preconscious material.

False

True or False: In their continuing research, psychologist have come to define consciousness in only one way, as the continuing self in the world.

True

True or False: Odors trigger firing of receptor neurons in the olfactory membrane high in each nostril.

False

True or False: PCP, or phencyclidine, is an opioid whose name is an acronym for its chemical structure.

True

True or False: People with frequent nightmares are more likely than others to have anxiety, depression, and other psychological problems.

True

True or False: Prolonged exposure to secondhand smoke during childhood is a risk factor for cancer of the throat.

False

True or False: When we think of the eye as a camera to the world, the photosensitive surface is called the lens, which contains photoreceptors called rods and cones.

True

True or False: Your friend had to tell you what the painting meant because all you could see was a bunch of random dots on the canvas. You are most likely using Bottom-up processing.

Weber's constant

_____ is the fraction of the intensity by which a source of physical energy must be increased or decreased so that a difference in intensity will be perceived.