Exam 6: Consciousness and Cognition

The deepest stage of sleep is ________ slee

To treat your sleep problem,you are told that you should avoid sleeping pills,alcohol,and caffeine,that you should set your alarm clock to wake up at the same time each day,and that you should get out of bed if you cannot slee

Randall believes that aliens crashed in the western United States in the 1950s.When looking for information about this on the Internet,he ignores any sites that are skeptical of his belief and only visits and talks with his friends about the sites that support his belief.This is an example of functional fixedness.

A loose screw on the visor causes it to drop down while Ben drives; however,he keeps forgetting to take a screwdriver out to the car to fix it.When he notices the visor drop again,he reaches into his pocket for a dime he uses to tighten the screw holding the visor.What problem-solving difficulty did Ben overcome?

An advantage of using a heuristic over an algorithm is _________.

Researchers investigating sleep __________.

When adults who are speaking to infants change the pitch and rhythm in their speech,they are altering their ___________.

The practical aspects of communicating with others,or the social "niceties" of language,are referred to as _________.

If the EEG record reveals evidence of sleep spindles,you are likely to conclude that the sleeping person is in which stage of sleep?

The stage of sleep in which delta waves begin to appear is ________ slee

In which stage of sleep do night terrors occur?

Almost everyone goes through the same stages of slee

The ability to produce solutions to problems by combining ideas or behavior in new ways is called ____________.

In problem solving,the term rule of thumb refers to ____________.

Most of our time awake is spent in a state called __________,in which our thoughts,feelings,and sensations are clear and organized,and we feel alert.

Daydreaming,meditation,intoxication,sleep,and hypnosis are all types of __________.

The social "niceties" of language are called __________.

If you are in REM sleep but are able to move around and act out your dreams,you may have a rare condition called __________.

The system of rules for combining words and phrases to form grammatically correct sentences is called ___________.

Daydreaming,meditation,intoxication,sleep,and hypnosis are all types of __________.