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| _____ is the mental process of making sense of sensory information. |
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| The smallest amount of a particular stimulus required to produce any sensation at all in the person to whom the stimulus is presented in the _____. |
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| Laverne goes to a movie to watch her favorite movie. About halfway through the movie she becomes aware of an overpowering hunger for popcorn. What she doesn't realize is that throughout the first part of the movie, a message saying "Eat Popcorn!" was repeatedly flashed on the screen at a speed too fast for her to be consciously aware of it. If her desire for popcorn is due to that message, she is responding to ________. |
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| The average threshold for human vision is a candle flame seen from ______ n a dark, clear night. |
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| When you first put your hat on, you can feel it quite easily, but after a while, you forget that you are wearing a hat at all- the sensation is gone. What happens? |
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| In the process known as ______ , sensory receptors become less sensitive to repeated presentations of the same stimulus. |
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| Tiny little vibrations, constant movement in the eye people dont notice. |
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| What color would you report seeing if a researcher projects the longest wavelength in the visible spectrum onto a screen? |
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| When light waves enter the eye, they first pass through the _____. |
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| When we describe someone's eyes as blue, technically we are referring to his or her blue _____. |
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| The amount of light entering the eye is controlled by the ______. |
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| It is difficult to distinguish between colors at night because ________. |
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| Receptor cells in the retina responsible for night vision are _______. |
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| One of your mother's siblings is always known for putting together awful-looking colors when getting dressed. Who is this person more likely to be? |
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| Sound waves are simply ______. |
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| Vibrations of molecules of air that surround us. |
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| Which of the following describes what happens if you trace an auditory stimulus from the time it first reaches the ear until it arrives at the brain? |
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| Outter ear (Pinea) to the ear drum |
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| What are the hammer, anvil, and stirrup? |
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| 3 tiny bones in the middle ear are known collectively as the auditory asides. |
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| Which type of hearing problem can be reduced with ordinary hearing aids? |
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| Conduction hearing impairment |
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| What are the five primary tastes? |
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| Sweet, Sour, Salty, Bitter, and Brothy lumami |
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| The sense of smell is also known as ______. |
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| Which is the best description of the skin senses? |
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| Having to do with touch, pressure, temperature, and pain. |
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| The kinesthetic senses are concerned with ______. |
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| Location of body parts in reaction to the ground and each other. |
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| The gate-control theory of pain suggests that _____. |
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| Pain signals must pass through "a gate" located in the spinal cord. |
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| Psychological aspects of pain perception can influence the release of the neurotransmitters called _______, the body's natural version of morphine. |
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| Perception is the _______. |
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| Method by which people take all the sensation they experience at any given moment. |
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| The tendency to intrepet an object as always being the same physical dimensions, regardless of its distance from the viewer, is known as ______. |
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| The tendency to perceive objects, or figures, on some background is known as _______. |
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| Visual distance and depth cues that require the use of both eyes are called ______. |
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| The illusion based on the concept that most people live in a world with lots of buildings and corners is the _____. |
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| Is a perception that does not correspond to reality. |
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| At the exact moment that her sister was involved in a serious car accident, Anne, who was miles away in her office at work, had a "vision" in which she saw the accident in almost perfect detail. Anne's experience is what parapsychologists would call _____. |
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| Extrasensory knowledge of someone else's thoughts and feelings is called _____. |
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| Our awareness of various mental processes, such as making decisions, daydreaming, reflecting,and concentrating is called____ |
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| The state we are in when we are awake and reasonably alert is called____ |
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| Daydreaming, meditation, intoxication, sleep, and hypnosis are all types of____ |
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| altered state of consciousness |
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| What aspect of circadian rhythms might explain why we tend to feel so tired at night? |
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| an organ of the brain is sensitive to light changes which affect the brain |
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| The hypothalamus controls the____ |
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| Where is the suprachiasmatic nucleous (SCN) located? |
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| _____, a hormone involved in the regulation of circadian rhythms, is secreted by the pineal gland. |
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| trembling hands in attension, staring off into space, droopy eyelids and general discomfort |
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| All of the following result from sleep deprivation EXCEPT ______ |
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| irritability and Depression |
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| Which of the following can be an emotional symptom of sleep deprivation? |
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| according to this theory, sleep is a product of evolution. |
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| periods of REM sleep alternate with periods of non-REM sleep in a cycle that reoccurs every _____minutes or so |
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| which device would a sleep researcher use to monitor a sleeping person's brain waves? |
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| electroencephalograph (EEG) |
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| if the EEG record reveals evidence of very small and very fast waves, you are likely to conclude that the sleeping person is _____ |
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| wide awake and mentally active |
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| if the EEG record reveals evidence of sleep spindles, you are likely to conclude that the sleeping person is in which stage of sleep? |
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| your brain waves are being monitored in a sleep labratory. If you are in a deep sleep less than an hour after falling asleep, what brain waves will be detected? |
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| The deepest stage of sleep is____sleep |
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| sleepwalking occurs _____. |
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| 20% of the population, due to heredity, more common in children, more boys than girls |
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| Approximately____percent of children experience at least one episode of sleepwalking before adolescence. |
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| This early researcher is known as the worlds leading authority on sleep |
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| REM behavior disorder results from ____. |
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| Brain mechanisms that normally inhibit the voluntary muscle fail |
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| A sleep disorder characterized by difficulty in falling asleep or remaining asleep throughout the night. |
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| _____ is a disorder in which breathing briefly stops during sleep, causes the person choke , gasp and momentarily awaken |
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| Which of these individuals has the highest risk for having sleep apnea? |
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| obesity expecially with men |
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| Narcolepsy occurs when____. |
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| According to Sigmond Frued, the important underlying meaning of our dreams is found in the ___ content. |
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| Interpretation of the ____ content of a dream is expected to reveal the ____ content |
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| Interpretation of the ____ content of a dream is expected to reveal the ____ content |
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| According to the activation-synthesis theory of dreaming, the source of a dream is neuronal firing in the ____. |
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| Which of the following is correct concerning recent theories of dreams? |
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| activation info mode- used supressed memories to influence dreams |
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| Which of the following statements is correct concerning hypnosis? |
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| is the state of consciousness in which a person is especially suspecepible to suggestion |
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| How does Ernest Hilgard explain pain reduction through hypnosis? |
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| deny pain and imagined being in a place which allowed them to dissociate from pain |
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| Chemicals that can alter consciousness, perception, mood, and behavior are called ____. |
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| Ward notices that his supply of marijuana decreases he starts thinking more and more about where he can get another supply as well as feeling nervous and anxious. This is an example of ____. |
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| when amphetamines are abused, resulting effects may include____. |
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| nausea, vomiting, high blood pressure, and strokes. |
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| Tommy desperately wants to quit smoking. Which method has been shown to be the most effective one Tommy can use? |
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| Which of the following is classified as a depressant? |
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| Morphone and heroin duplicate the action of _____. |
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| endophines so well that the nervous system slows down or stops it production of the neurotransmitter. |
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