PSY Study Questions 6

On Sara's walk to campus this morning, she was thinking about what a nice day it was, how many people were already on campus, and how she had to stop by the bookstore on her way to class. Sara was experiencing
A. an altered state of consciousness.
B. artificial intelligence
C. waking consciousness
D. insight.

Mariam takes 20 minutes daily to sit by herself and meditate. A fully meditative state is a form of
A. altered consciousness
B. non REM stage sleep
C. waking consciousness
D. convergent thinking

Natural cycles of activity that bodies must go through are called
A. biological rhythms.
B. states of consciousness
C. sleep-wake cycles
D. circadian rhythm.

The sleep-wake cycle is controlled by the
A. prefrontal cortex
B. hypothalamus
C. thyroid gland
D. pituitary gland

Delta waves begin to appear in which stage of sleep?
A. non-REM stage two
B. non-REM stage one
C. non-REM stage three
D. non-REM stage four

Derek was laying on the couch and had fallen asleep when all of a sudden his body jerked and he woke up because he felt like he was falling. Derek was most likely in which stage of sleep?
A. non-REM stage four
B. non-REM stage two
C. non-REM stage three
D. non-REM stage one

Night terrors
A. happen during a light stage of sleep
B. are a state of panic experienced while asleep
C. are a common disorder.
D. occur fairly equally in children and adults

Theodora suffers from an inability to get to sleep, and then to stay asleep. Which of the following would help Theodora with her insomnia?
a. spend some time in bed relaxing, reading or watching TV until she gets sleepy
b. try various sleeping pills until she finds one that doesn't cause REM rebound
c. go to bed and get up on a regular schedule
d. watch the clock so she knows how much sleep she is actually getting

Niles has begun to suddenly fall asleep during the day, sometimes in inappropriate places. Niles may be suffering from
A. sleep apnea
B. narcolepsy
C. not enough melatonin
D. insomnia

If an instructor was referring to a stream during a lecture, a student's mental image is likely to be
A. a large body of water, such as an ocean
B. a dictionary-like entry
C. a picture-like image
D. a surreal and hazy picture

The same processes occur in the brain when seeing an actual image and when creating a mental image.
a. True
b. False

Which of the following images is the most subordinate concept?
A. a forest
B. magnolias
C. flowering trees
D. trees

A mechanical problem-solving technique can also be referred to as
A. trial and error
B. means-end analysis
C. using heuristic devices
D. using algorithms

Although insight appears to be a "magical process," it most likely works because a personis unconsciously working through a problem while focusing on something else.
a. True
b. False

One barrier to innovative problem solving is persisting in using techniques that have been successful in the past, also known as
a. mind set.
b. confirmation bias
c. mental set
d. convergent thinking

A more creative method of problem-solving is the use of divergent thinking.
a. True
b. False

Which statement is NOT true about language?
a. Language allows people to communicate with one another
b. Language is a system of combining symbols and meaning
c. Most language processing takes place in the subconscious mind
d. Language is an important part of the consciousness and how people think

The rhythm and emphasis of communicating is part of which language structure?
A. phonemes
B. grammar
C. pragmatics
D. syntax