Practice Test: 4, 10

When we say that we are “conscious of” seeing something or hearing a sound, we are referring to consciousness as

Tom has the ability to pay attention in class, and screen out all the things that are going on around him. What is this called?

Some enchanted evening, Andre is at a cocktail party. Suddenly, he hears the voice of a beautiful woman from across the crowded room. What is this phenomenon known as?

A bird just flew in the window of the classroom, and crashed into a window on the other side of the room, making a loud noise. This incident immediately got the attention of everyone in the room. What would this scenario be referred to as?

Certain kinds of stimuli have been found to capture people’s attention more easily than others. Among these are __________ stimuli.

Grandma Betsy just called you and told you that she had spilled a gallon of forest green paint all over her new white carpet. Even though you did not see it, you were conscious of the image through

Humans are capable of having direct inner awareness of

According to Freud, what material is not currently in awareness but is readily available to awareness?

The professor just said that everyone in the class is to focus on their home environment. When they think of home, that is an example of a thought being brought out of the

According to Freud, some mental events are unavailable to us under most circumstances. What are these events called?

According to Freud, some impulses and painful memories are so unacceptable that we unconsciously exclude them from awareness. He said that we __________ them.

Phyllis purposefully avoided thinking about all of her schoolwork during the birthday party last night, by using

Consciously ejecting unwanted mental events from awareness is known as

When certain bodily processes cannot be experienced through sensory awareness or direct inner awareness, we say that they are

As we develop, we differentiate ourselves from other people and other things. We develop a sense of being persons, which we usually call the sense of

The totality of our impressions, thoughts, and feelings that makes up our conscious existence is called the sense of

During stage 2 sleep, the brain emits ___________ that represent brief bursts of rapid activity.

36. What is the deepest sleep, the one from which it is hardest to be awakened?

Your husband just woke up, and he said he was having the most bizarre dream. What stage was he probably awakened during?

According to Sigmund Freud, dreams reflect

According to Freud, your telephone number is stored at the _________ level.

Based on Freud’s theory, a traumatic childhood event that was repressed is stored at the ___________ level.

Sherry is thinking about her trip to the store yesterday. This memory is in her _______ mind.

Which best illustrates the concept of the “preconscious mind”?

Thoughts that are completely hidden from our awareness would, according to Freud, be contained in our __________ mind.

Anna has been in a car accident in which her best friend died. Six months later, she cannot even remember that the accident occurred. This event is probably in her __________ mind

Which is an illustration of the defense mechanism “repression”?

What is the removal of anxiety-provoking ideas from awareness called?

The automatic ejection of anxiety-evoking ideas from awareness is

Which psychic structure is motivating behavior when you are on a diet but eat a piece of chocolate cake anyway?

Which is consistent with the ego?

Values of right and wrong are contained in your

What is Carl Jung’s psychoanalytic theory called?

63. According to Jung, primitive images contained in the collective unconscious are called

Eysenck would classify a melancholic personality type as

98. The five-factor model includes which five basic personality factors?

Based on the five-factor model, Michelle, who exhibits carelessness, negligence, and unreliability, demonstrates a lack of

Bob exhibits narrow mindedness, rigidity, and shallowness. Based on the five-factor model, what does he show a lack of?

Patty is outgoing, sociable, and assertive. According to the five-factor model, what does she demonstrate?

Mona was reading a book when her doorbell rang, and she remembered that she was supposed to receive a delivery today. The information about the delivery resided in which area of Mona's consciousness until she heard the doorbell?

Regarding the research on the five-factor personality model, which of the following statements is TRUE?