A bank teller was so distracted by the sight of a bank robber's weapon that she failed to perceive important features of the criminal's physical appearance. This best illustrates
dissociation
change blindness
selective attention
a near-death experience
Drivers are slower to detect traffic signals if they are talking on a cell phone. This best illustrates the impact of
latent content
REM rebound
blindsight
When asked to watch a video and press a key each time a black-shirted player passed a basketball, most research participants remained unaware of an umbrella-toting woman strolling across the video screen. This illustrated
inattentional blindness
neuroadaptation
While a man provided directions to a construction worker. two experimenter rudely interrupted by passing between them carrying a door. The man's failure to notice that the construction worker was replaced by a different person during this interruption illustrates
hypnagogic sensations
Fast and jerky movements of the eyes are expecially likely to be associated with
sleep spindles
REM sleep
sleep apnea
Jordanna has decided to go to bed early. Although her eyes are closed and she is very relaxed, she has not yet fallen asleep. An EEG is most likely to indicate the presence of
delta waves
alpha waves
rapid eye movements
REM sleep is called pardoxical sleep because
our heart rate is slow and steady, while our breathing is highly irregular
we are deeply asleep but can be awakened easily
our nervous system is highly active, while our voluntary muscles hardly move.
it leads to highly imaginative dreams that are perceived as colorless images
After sleeping for about an hour and a half, Jose enters a phase of paradoxical sleep. He is likely to
be easily awakened
have slower, more regular brathing
emit slower brain waves
have very relaxed muscles
A recurring difficulty in falling or staying asleep is called
narcolepsy
insomnia
paradoxical sleep
During a heated argument with his teenage daughter, Mr. Reid suddenly sapsed into a state of REM sleep. Mr. Reid apparently suffers from
The large, slow brain waves associated with NREM-3 sleep are called
REMs
Consciousness is
the ability to solve problems, reason, and remember.
the process of organizing and interpreting sensory information
effortless encoding of incidental information into memory
our awareness of ourselves and our environment
The simultaneous processing of information and both conscious and unconscious levels is called
the cocktail party effect.
the pop-out phnomenon
dual processing
A condition in which a person can respond to a visual stimulus without consciously experiencing it is known as
The cocktail party effect provides an example of
Neuroadaptation