PSYC Chapter 5 – Flashcards
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If you could tape-record your thoughts, you would find
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an endless flow of ideas that constantly shifts and changes
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Which brain wave is probably operating while you are taking this exam?
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beta
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Mary is a "night person" and Gary is a "morning person." This difference is probably due to differences in their
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circadian rhythms.
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Based on what is known about circadian rhythms and jet lag, you might expect that a flight attendant would experience the most jet lag on a flight from
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San Francisco to Philadelphia (west to east).
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Felicia is a participant in a study on stress reactions. Which of the following instruments would MOST likely be used to measure her muscle tension?
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electromyograph
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If you were awakened while you are experiencing rapid eye movements, you probably would report that you had
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been dreaming.
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Dr Everett is observing Robert in a sleep lab. Dr. Everett intends to wake Robert up each time he begins Stage 2 sleep. Based on the electroencephalograph (EEG) recordings, Robert should be awakened each time the EEG shows
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the presence of sleep spindle
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Cody is visiting his pen pal in a tropical, nonindustrialized village. Cody is likely to find that the inhabitants of the village
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take a 1- to 2-hour midday nap each day.
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For the past week, Laura has had difficulty falling asleep at night. Even though she goes to bed at her usual time, she lays awake for several hours before she finally drifts off to sleep. It appears that Laura is experiencing
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insomnia.
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If a college student who is struggling to keep from flunking out of school dreams of winning the "student of the year award," this dream would be MOST consistent with which theory of dreaming?
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wish fulfillment
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Katherine's new dentist plans to use hypnosis instead of anesthesia while he works on Katherine's teeth. Katherine asks you if she should go along with this, or if she should find another dentist. Based on research into the effects of hypnosis, you should tell her
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hypnosis can be an effective substitute for some anesthetic drugs.
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Mark is meditating by concentrating on a specific sound to narrow his attention. Mark is using which style of meditation?
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focussed meditation
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Christopher has just taken a drug. He finds that his perceptions are altered, and he feels like his sensory awareness has increased. It is MOST likely that Christopher has taken
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LSD or mescaline.
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The psychoanalyst interpreted his patient's dream of riding a horse as indicative of her repressed sexual urges. This interpretation constitutes the
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latent content of the dream
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Concluding that a person drinks too much because he/she is an alcoholic is an example of
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circular reasoning.
