Question 1

Cocaine comes from the South American coca plant.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 2

You are in charge of running the company holiday party and are left with a large bowl of fruit salad and a huge chocolate cake. You want to desperately get rid of the leftovers so you plate them up and start asking co-workers one by one if they want any more fruit or cake. According to research on cognitive stress and overload, which of the following people will be most likely to select the giant piece of chocolate cake despite the fact that the cake is higher in fat and calories and lower in overall nutritional value ?

Accepted Answer

A)  Jenny, who was relaxing and reading a book at the party. 
B)  Raquel, who has been working around the clock vigorously preparing a end-of-year multi-group presentation with the company CEO and stockholders. 
C)  Chandra, who has been visiting with friends and planning her weekend. 
D)  Naomi, who fell asleep at her desk during the party. 
A)  Jenny, who was relaxing and reading a book at the party. 
B)  Raquel, who has been working around the clock vigorously preparing a end-of-year multi-group presentation with the company CEO and stockholders. 
C)  Chandra, who has been visiting with friends and planning her weekend. 
D)  Naomi, who fell asleep at her desk during the party.

Question 3

What chemical component in marijuana is most responsible for its effects?

Accepted Answer

A)  Hashish 
B)  Tobacco 
C)  THC 
D)  Nicotine 
A)  Hashish 
B)  Tobacco 
C)  THC 
D)  Nicotine

Question 4

Which of the following drugs is not a sedative-hypnotic drug?

Accepted Answer

A)  Xanax 
B)  Ativan 
C)  Valium 
D)  Cocaine 
A)  Xanax 
B)  Ativan 
C)  Valium 
D)  Cocaine

Question 5

Which of the following statements CORRECTLY identifies a difference between cocaine and methamphetamine?

Accepted Answer

A)  Cocaine and methamphetamine increase the activity of different neurotransmitters. 
B)  Methamphetamine lasts longer in the body than does cocaine. 
C)  Methamphetamine produces an emotional letdown when it leaves the body. Cocaine does not. 
D)  Cocaine does not produce the increase in alertness and energy that methamphetamine does. 
A)  Cocaine and methamphetamine increase the activity of different neurotransmitters. 
B)  Methamphetamine lasts longer in the body than does cocaine. 
C)  Methamphetamine produces an emotional letdown when it leaves the body. Cocaine does not. 
D)  Cocaine does not produce the increase in alertness and energy that methamphetamine does.

Question 6

In opening-up approaches to meditation, a person seeks to clear his or her mind to receive new experiences.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 7

Describe reward-deficiency syndrome.

Accepted Answer

Research suggests that people who are li

Question 8

How do the induction procedures that hypnotists actually use differ from the way in which such procedures are portrayed in the movies?

Accepted Answer

A)  Real induction procedures sometimes encourage a hyperalert rather than the relaxed state shown in the movies. Real hypnotists are less authoritarian than movie portrayals imply. 
B)  Real induction procedures sometimes encourage a relaxed rather than the hyperalert state the movies show. Real hypnotists are less authoritarian than movie portrayals imply. 
C)  Real induction procedures sometimes encourage a hyperalert rather than the relaxed state shown in the movies. Real hypnotists are more authoritarian than movie portrayals imply. 
D)  Real induction procedures sometimes encourage a relaxed rather than the hyperalert state the movies show. Real hypnotists are more authoritarian than movie portrayals imply. 
A)  Real induction procedures sometimes encourage a hyperalert rather than the relaxed state shown in the movies. Real hypnotists are less authoritarian than movie portrayals imply. 
B)  Real induction procedures sometimes encourage a relaxed rather than the hyperalert state the movies show. Real hypnotists are less authoritarian than movie portrayals imply. 
C)  Real induction procedures sometimes encourage a hyperalert rather than the relaxed state shown in the movies. Real hypnotists are more authoritarian than movie portrayals imply. 
D)  Real induction procedures sometimes encourage a relaxed rather than the hyperalert state the movies show. Real hypnotists are more authoritarian than movie portrayals imply.

Question 9

Imagine that you are deprived of natural light for an extended period. Based on your text's discussion, what might happen to the length of your body's "day?"

Accepted Answer

A)  It would shorten to about 23 hours. 
B)  It would remain at about 24 hours. 
C)  It would lengthen to about 25 hours. 
D)  It would lengthen to about 26 hours. 
A)  It would shorten to about 23 hours. 
B)  It would remain at about 24 hours. 
C)  It would lengthen to about 25 hours. 
D)  It would lengthen to about 26 hours.

Question 10

Describe the most common sleep disorder and the factors that may cause it.

Accepted Answer

Insomnia is the most common sleep disord

Question 11

Meditation is used to focus on external stressors.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 12

Adding water to the coffeemaker, Geraldine realizes too late that she had ready poured a carafe of water into the machine. Geraldine wonders where her mind went; apparently, she completed the coffee-making task:

Accepted Answer

A)  paraconsciously 
B)  subconsciously 
C)  preconsciously 
D)  unconsciously 
A)  paraconsciously 
B)  subconsciously 
C)  preconsciously 
D)  unconsciously

Question 13

Susan tried to remember her son's middle school teacher's name by applying effort and stating that it rhymed with the word "nails". Her awareness of this knowledge suggests that she was utilizing what type of memory?

Accepted Answer

A)  Long term 
B)  Explicit 
C)  Working 
D)  Implicit 
A)  Long term 
B)  Explicit 
C)  Working 
D)  Implicit

Question 14

Which of the following statements best expresses the relationship between attention and consciousness?

Accepted Answer

A)  Attention is necessary for consciousness. 
B)  Attention is a product of consciousness. 
C)  Attention is sufficient for consciousness. 
D)  Attention is the same as consciousness. 
A)  Attention is necessary for consciousness. 
B)  Attention is a product of consciousness. 
C)  Attention is sufficient for consciousness. 
D)  Attention is the same as consciousness.

Question 15

What biochemical activity accompanies circadian rhythms? Explain how it is affected by the sleep-wake cycle.

Accepted Answer

Body temperature increases throughout th

Question 16

As sleepers enter deeper sleep stages, their brain waves:

Accepted Answer

A)  increase in complexity 
B)  decrease in amplitude 
C)  decrease in frequency 
D)  increase in frequency 
A)  increase in complexity 
B)  decrease in amplitude 
C)  decrease in frequency 
D)  increase in frequency

Question 17

Dr.VanVliet finds that of a sample of pairs of identical twins raised together, 80% were either both "owls" or both "larks." Dr. VanVliet then investigates pairs of identical twins raised in very different families, and pairs of fraternal twins raised either together or in very different families. He again records the percentage of pairs of twins raised who were either both "owls" or both "larks." Based on your text's discussion, which of the following best approximates the pattern of results he should find?

Accepted Answer

A)  identical apart - 60%; fraternal together - 40%; fraternal apart - 20% 
B)  identical apart - 80%; fraternal together - 80%; fraternal apart - 80% 
C)  identical apart - 75%; fraternal together - 65%; fraternal apart - 60% 
D)  identical apart - 65%; fraternal together - 75%; fraternal apart - 60% 
A)  identical apart - 60%; fraternal together - 40%; fraternal apart - 20% 
B)  identical apart - 80%; fraternal together - 80%; fraternal apart - 80% 
C)  identical apart - 75%; fraternal together - 65%; fraternal apart - 60% 
D)  identical apart - 65%; fraternal together - 75%; fraternal apart - 60%

Question 18

Marijuana is classified as a _____.

Accepted Answer

A)  hallucinogen 
B)  stimulant 
C)  depressant 
D)  narcotic 
A)  hallucinogen 
B)  stimulant 
C)  depressant 
D)  narcotic

Question 19

Which is the best known practice of meditation that occurs in modern society?

Accepted Answer

A)  Mantra 
B)  Concentrative 
C)  Yoga 
D)  Opening-up 
A)  Mantra 
B)  Concentrative 
C)  Yoga 
D)  Opening-up

Question 20

Describe the types of symptoms an individual who is addicted to a drug may experience during withdrawal.

Accepted Answer

Withdrawal symptoms can be unp

Cocaine comes from the South American coca plant.

What chemical component in marijuana is most responsible for its effects?

Which of the following drugs is not a sedative-hypnotic drug?

Which of the following statements CORRECTLY identifies a difference between cocaine and methamphetamine?

In opening-up approaches to meditation, a person seeks to clear his or her mind to receive new experiences.

Describe reward-deficiency syndrome.

How do the induction procedures that hypnotists actually use differ from the way in which such procedures are portrayed in the movies?

Imagine that you are deprived of natural light for an extended period. Based on your text's discussion, what might happen to the length of your body's "day?"

Describe the most common sleep disorder and the factors that may cause it.

Meditation is used to focus on external stressors.

Adding water to the coffeemaker, Geraldine realizes too late that she had ready poured a carafe of water into the machine. Geraldine wonders where her mind went; apparently, she completed the coffee-making task:

Susan tried to remember her son's middle school teacher's name by applying effort and stating that it rhymed with the word "nails". Her awareness of this knowledge suggests that she was utilizing what type of memory?

Which of the following statements best expresses the relationship between attention and consciousness?

What biochemical activity accompanies circadian rhythms? Explain how it is affected by the sleep-wake cycle.

As sleepers enter deeper sleep stages, their brain waves:

Marijuana is classified as a _____.

Which is the best known practice of meditation that occurs in modern society?

Describe the types of symptoms an individual who is addicted to a drug may experience during withdrawal.

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Exam 6: Consciousness

Cocaine comes from the South American coca plant.

What chemical component in marijuana is most responsible for its effects?

Which of the following drugs is not a sedative-hypnotic drug?

Which of the following statements CORRECTLY identifies a difference between cocaine and methamphetamine?

In opening-up approaches to meditation, a person seeks to clear his or her mind to receive new experiences.

Describe reward-deficiency syndrome.

How do the induction procedures that hypnotists actually use differ from the way in which such procedures are portrayed in the movies?

Imagine that you are deprived of natural light for an extended period. Based on your text's discussion, what might happen to the length of your body's "day?"

Describe the most common sleep disorder and the factors that may cause it.

Meditation is used to focus on external stressors.

Adding water to the coffeemaker, Geraldine realizes too late that she had ready poured a carafe of water into the machine. Geraldine wonders where her mind went; apparently, she completed the coffee-making task:

Susan tried to remember her son's middle school teacher's name by applying effort and stating that it rhymed with the word "nails". Her awareness of this knowledge suggests that she was utilizing what type of memory?

Which of the following statements best expresses the relationship between attention and consciousness?

What biochemical activity accompanies circadian rhythms? Explain how it is affected by the sleep-wake cycle.

As sleepers enter deeper sleep stages, their brain waves:

Marijuana is classified as a _____.

Which is the best known practice of meditation that occurs in modern society?

Describe the types of symptoms an individual who is addicted to a drug may experience during withdrawal.

Psychology: Yesterday and Today

Psychology As a Science

Human Development

Neuroscience

Sensation and Perception

Learning

Memory

Language and Thought

Intelligence

Motivation

Emotion

Personality

Social Psychology

Psychological Disorders

Treatment of Psychological Disorders

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