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
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dissociation
change blindness
selective attention
a near-death experience
Question 2
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Drivers are slower to detect traffic signals if they are talking on a cell phone. This best illustrates the impact of
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latent content
selective attention
REM rebound
blindsight
Question 3
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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
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REM rebound
inattentional blindness
neuroadaptation
latent content
Question 4
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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
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dissociation
hypnagogic sensations
neuroadaptation
change blindness
Question 5
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Fast and jerky movements of the eyes are expecially likely to be associated with
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sleep spindles
dissociation
REM sleep
sleep apnea
Question 6
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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
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delta waves
alpha waves
sleep spindles
rapid eye movements
Question 7
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REM sleep is called pardoxical sleep because
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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
Question 8
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After sleeping for about an hour and a half, Jose enters a phase of paradoxical sleep. He is likely to
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be easily awakened
have slower, more regular brathing
emit slower brain waves
have very relaxed muscles
Question 9
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A recurring difficulty in falling or staying asleep is called
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narcolepsy
insomnia
sleep apnea
paradoxical sleep
Question 10
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During a heated argument with his teenage daughter, Mr. Reid suddenly sapsed into a state of REM sleep. Mr. Reid apparently suffers from
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narcolepsy
insomnia
sleep apnea
REM rebound
Question 11
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The large, slow brain waves associated with NREM-3 sleep are called
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sleep spindles
delta waves
alpha waves
REMs
Question 12
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Consciousness is
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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
Question 13
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The simultaneous processing of information and both conscious and unconscious levels is called
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the cocktail party effect.
the pop-out phnomenon
dual processing
neuroadaptation
Question 14
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A condition in which a person can respond to a visual stimulus without consciously experiencing it is known as