A large amount if our mental activity occurs outside our awareness

Psych 201Quiz 2Spring 2016Dr. Abeba FekadeNOVA Alexandriaafekade@nvcc.eduName______________________________Choose the best option for each question using your text book and class notes. Upon completion,email your response to me as an attached word document before class on Monday (Make sureyou highlight or bold your answers to each question in the body of the text). The quiz is worth 15points.1. A large amount if our mental activity occurs outside our awareness, thanks to ourcapacity fora. Neuroadptationb. Hypnogogic sensationsc. REM reboundd. Dual processing2. When allowed to sleep 9 hours a night on a regular basis, college students are most likely toa. experience REM rebound.b. study more effectively.c. show signs of sleep apnea.d. demonstrate apathy and loss of energy.3. A modern theory of dreams suggests that dreams help us to fix the day’s experiences intomemories. This is known as the ___________ theory of dreams.A. information processingB. physiological functionC. activation-synthesisD. cognitive developmental4. The interdisciplinary study of brain activity linked with our mental processes is known asa. behaviorism.b. behavior genetics.c. cognitive neuroscience.d. evolutionary psychology.5. You typically fail to consciously perceive that your own nose is in your line of vision. Thisbest illustratesa. neuroadaptation.b. change blindness.c. dissociation.d. selective attention6. Brain activity indicative of conscious awareness is most likely to involve synchronizedactivity across various regions of thea. cerebral cortex.b. hypothalamus.c. suprachiasmatic nucleus.d. dopamine reward system.7. According to Freud, the personally threatening and censored meaning of a dream is itsa. manifest content.b. dissociated content.c. latent content.d. hallucinatory content.8. The ability to consciously recognize and name the color of an object while we simultaneouslyand unconsciously monitor the object’s shape and movement illustratesa. the pop-out phenomenon.b. neuroadaptation.c. dual processing.d.none of the above9. Consciousness is most important for the correct performance of behaviors thata. depend on information processing.b. require physical coordination skills.c. have been learned through repeated practice.d. are novel and challenging.10. The ability to pay attention to only one voice at a time is calleda. dual processing.b. change blindness.c. neuroadaptation.d. the cocktail party effect.11. Inattentional blindness is best described as a by-product ofa. blindsight.b. REM rebound.c. selective attention.d. hypnagogic sensations.12. The pattern of biological functioning that occurs on a roughly 24-hour cycle is called thea. REM rebound.b. circadian rhythm.c. neuroadaptation.d. dopamine reward system.13. Research has indicated that hypnosisa. can force people to act against their will.b. can block sensory input.c. is helpful in overcoming alcohol addictions.d. enables some people to undergo surgery without anesthesia.14. When people are experiencing vivid dreamsa. their bodies often move in accordance with what they dream.b. their eyes are likely to move under their closed eyelids.c. they are more likely to emit sleep spindles than during any other stage of sleep.d. their slow brain-wave patterns indicate that they are deeply asleep.15. Which of the following is most likely to be associated with slow-wave sleep?a. bed-wettingb. sleep spindlesc. hallucinationsd. genital arousal16. Which of the following typically occur(s) during REM sleep?a. night terrorsb. genital arousalc. bed-wettingd. muscular tension17. Chronic sleep loss is likely toa. promote creativity and facilitate memoryb. Inhibit creativity and impair memoryc. Promote creativity and impair memoryd. Inhibit creativity and facilitate memory18. Which of the following is a sleep-inducing hormone?a. epinephrineb. serotoninc. norepinephrined. melatonin19. People hypnotized for pain relief may show activity in brain areas that receive painsensationsbut not in brain areas that make us consciously aware of the pain. This most directlysupportsthe theory that hypnosis involvesa. paradoxical sleep.b. narcolepsy.c. dissociation.d. hallucinations.20. Which of the following helps to restore and repair neurons following the body’s productionofexcess free radicals?a. selective attentionb. the fight-or-flight responsec. magnetic resonance imagingd. sleep21. Neural connections supporting “muscle memories” learned while practicing tennis arestrengthened bya. hypnagogic sensations.b. neuroadaptation.c. blindsight.d. REM sleep.22. Which sleep disorder is more likely to be experienced by children than by adults?a. narcolepsyb. sleep apneac. night terrorsd. insomnia23.During REM sleep, your skeletal muscles are relaxed because messages from the motor cortex are blockedby thea. brainstem.b. hypothalamus.c. suprachiasmatic nucleus.d. dopamine reward system.24. After Scott builds up a sleep debt, you would expect him to:A. have increased insomnia.B. experience less REM sleep for several nights.C. show the paradoxical effect of being more alert during his waking hours.D. get more sleep for several nights until the debt is paid off.25. Exposure to bright light causes thea. thyroid gland to increase the production of melatonin.b. thyroid gland to decrease the production of melatonin.c. pineal gland to increase the production of melatonin.d. pineal gland to decrease the production of melatonin.26. The human sleep cycle repeats itself about everya. 30 minutes.b. 90 minutes.c. 2 1/2 hours.d. 4 hours.27. Alex complains of chronic insomnia. He has had a medical check-up and is healthy, yet hehas difficulty falling asleep. What is the best advice you can give in this situation?A. Have a glass of wine right before bedtime.B. Go to the doctor and get a prescription for sleeping pills.C. Go to bed at the same time every evening and wake up at the same time in themorning.D. Do some strenuous exercise right before going to bed.28. Human body temperatures typicallya. rise with the approach of morning and fall with the approach of night.b. rise with the approach of night and fall with the approach of morning.c. rise with the approach of NREM-1 sleep and fall with the approach of REM sleep.d. rise with the approach of REM sleep and fall with the approach of NREM-1 sleep.29. Pushing back school start times has been found to ________ adolescent mood states and________ adolescent alertness.a. impair; improveb. improve; impairc. impair; impaird. improve; improve30. Cocaine and crack produce a euphoric rush bya. blocking the actions of serotonin.b. depressing neural activity in the brain.c. blocking the reuptake of dopamine in brain cells.d. stimulating the brain’s production of endorphins.