Psychology Final - Quiz 2 - Connor
Silas is recovering from COVID which has caused him to have a stuffy nose. Besides not being able to smell, what other sense may be affected?
taste
Cohchlear implants help individuals "hear" by what process?
bypassing damanged hair cells and directly stimulating the auditory nerve
Visual acuity is highest when images are focused on the fovea because of the high concentration of ____ in the region.
cones
The loudness of a sound is expressed in _____.
decibels (dB)
Mindfulness meditation (MM) provides clients with techniques they can use to:
focus on the present
Which structure in the front of the eye dilates and constricts to determine how much light will be allowed to get into the eye?
iris
People deprived of rapid eye movement (REM) sleep:
learn more slowly
As we age and reach our late 30's to mid-40's, what structure in our eyes tends to have difficulty accommodating?
lens
Which of the following is an altered state of consciousness?
meditation
One night when Denzel was four years old he was sleeping soundly in his bed when he started screaming and thrashing about. His parents rushed to his side but could never fully wake him up. The next day he had no recollection of the event. Denzel most likely experienced a(n) _____.
sleep terror
Which of the following statements is true of hypnosis?
People who are easily hypnotized are said to have hypnotic suggestibility.
The average amount of time it takes to complete each cycle through the stages of NREM sleep and REM sleep lasts about
90 minutes
Which of the following senses is dominant in human beings?
Vision
Which of the following terms denotes a trick of perceptual constancies on the eye?
Visual illusion
Your friend Adelina tells you that she is red-green color blind. This means that she sees things in ________.
all colors except either red or green
When you moved an index card close to your eyes, one of the marks on the card appeared to disappear. This is due to what portion of your retina?
blind spot
People woken up during NREM are more likely to report which of the following?
fewer dreams than those awakened during REM sleep
According to Weber's Law, the absolute threshold for all senses is:
not the same for everyone
According to your text, older adults sleep less because
of physical discomfort.
The __________ conducts sensory input to the brain, where it is relayed to the visual area of the occipital lobe.
optic nerve
When a person focuses their consciousness on a particular stimulus, they are utilizing:
selective attention
The fact that you were able to smell an essential oil is because of your olfactory ________ while your ability to identify it as a lavender scent is due to your brain's ability to ____________ it as lavender.
sense, perceive
Exposure to very loud sounds can lead to damage of the auditory nerve or hair cells, resulting in ________.
sensorineural deafness
After moving to Nebraska, Bobbi did not notice any distracting sounds. As time passed she became more and more aware of the loud chirping of cicadas in her back yard. What is this an example of?
sensory (positive) adaptation
A sleep disorder in which the person repeatedly stops breathing during sleep is called _______.
sleep apnea
When our brain waves slow down from the alpha rhythm and enter a pattern of theta waves, which stage of sleep have we entered?
stage 1 sleep
Visual stimuli can be flashed too briefly, below our absolute threshold for conscious perception, to enable us to process them. This is an example of ________.
subliminal stimulation
In the context of altering consciousness through drugs, which disorder is characterized by loss of control over consumption, social impairment, risky use, and tolerance and withdrawal symptoms?
substance use disorder
Ray, a 5-year-old, wakes up at night saying that he saw monsters chasing him in his dreams. His parents should do all EXCEPT the following:
take him to see a psychiatrists since this is highly unusual behavior for a 5-year-old
The fact that a young child objects to certain tastes may be due to:
the fact that young children's taste buds are more plentiful and sensitive to tastes that fade over time.
A person with normal color vision is labeled a ________.
trichromat
Which of the following statements is true of the absolute threshold?
It is determined by exposing individuals to progressively stronger stimuli until the minimum stimuli the person can detect is found.
Which of the following is NOT true about an individual's sense of taste?
It is pretty set by the time of birth
Which theory related to dreams states that acetylcholine and the pons stimulate responses that lead to dreaming?
Activation-synthesis model
In the context of the human eye (as well as little kitties), the size of the________is activated by the sympathetic nervous system and is sensitive to emotions.
Pupil
Cochlear implants contain microphones that sense sounds and electronic equipment that transmits sounds past damaged hair cells to stimulate the auditory nerve.
True
The fact that you stopped smelling an essential oil at a given time is due to which of the following?
When the olfactory receptor is constantly stimulated, it will begin to fatigue and accommodated to the odor.
Which hormone promotes sleep?
melatonin
Jeremiah is recovering from COVID and has temporarily lost his sense of smell and taste. These two conditions are known as ______ and ______.
anosmia, ageusia
Which of the following substances is a stimulant?
cocaine
