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PSYC 107

Chapter 10 Online Quiz

1)The ears most like a radio antenna.

2. To produce an experience of scent, the brain detects molecules.
3. A person s considered conscious f they are aware of themselves and their surroundings
4. The brain is an electro-chemical device
5. Detecting electric fields in the head is a easy to detect and measure brain activity
6. Damage to the right hemisphere of the brain often leads to which of the following?
7. What happens to the brain’s representation of a sensory stimulus on occasions when people are conscious of it, that does not happen when they are unconscious of it?
8. What evidence indicated that a woman in a vegetative state may be conscious?
9. Researchers wanted to present a stimulus that would become conscious on some trials and not on others, while keeping the stimulus itself the same. Which of these methods did they use to make the stimulus unconscious?
10. In which condition does the brain show a low, steady rate of activity and no response to any stimulus?
11. What evidence suggested that some people in a vegetative state are conscious?
12. Which of the following often produces spatial neglect for half of the body?
13. In which of these does a person have the LEAST amount of brain activity and responsiveness?
14. Which of the following is characteristic of REM sleep?
15. In binocular rivalry, you see one image in the left eye and an incompatible image in the right eye. What do you perceive?

16. What evidence suggests that we sometimes consciously perceive a stimulus afterward, instead of simultaneously with it?
17. Someone with right-hemisphere damage ordinarily neglects the left side of objects. What happens if the person closes his/her eyes and tries to describe a scene form memory?
18. When researchers measured brain activity during a binocular rivalry task, what did they find?
19. In the context of the brain, the term "nucleus" refers to a group of cell bodies.
20. Sleep progresses through a series of stages.
21. Re-synchronizing the circadian rhythm with the environment is easier after flying west, the same direction, as the sun seems to move.
22. One explanation as to why people and other animals sleep is to save energy.
23. SCN stands for suprachiasmatic nucleus.
24. Most dreams do not include visual content.
25. Unpleasant dreams are called nightmares.
26. A less synchronized brain is a more active brain.
27. A lucid dream refers to a dream someone forgets.
28. Sleep spindles tend to occur during stage 2 sleep.
29. Why do cats sleep more than sheep?
30. What does it mean if you wake up and find yourself temporarily unable to move?
31. If a person goes without sleep for several days, what happens?
32. When a normal, healthy person falls asleep, REM sleep is least likely when
33. Why is it impossible for sleepwalking to occur during REM sleep?

34. Someone who stays in a cave with no light alternates between sleepiness and wakefulness on about a 24 hour cycle. Why?
35. The brain activity associated with REM sleep is most similar to that associated with
36. Research examining the content of dreams in American and Japanese college students found that
37. What is one important function of sleep?
38. What problem do people with sleep apnea experience?
39. For most people, REM sleep occurs
40. Which of the following is NOT characteristic of REM sleep?
41. Which of the following is true of brain activity during sleep?
42. How does dreaming differ from other thinking?
43. The terms "light sleep" and "deep sleep" are not very useful because
44. If you were on a submarine with constant artificial light and no sunlight, what would happen to your sleep-wake cycle?
45. During which stage of sleep is the brain most active?
46. Which of the following best describes the relationship between light-dark cycles (from the rising and setting sun) and circadian rhythms?
47. A worker at International Amalgamated, Inc., is currently working from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. The company wants to shift her to a different work time. For the sake of her physical and mental health, which of the following would be best?
48. After staying awake late many nights, Gloria has become accustomed to going to sleep late and awakening late. Now she tries to shift to going to bed earlier and waking up earlier. This shift is similar to the difficulties people face when they travel
49. Male ground squirrels awaken from hibernation before the females do, and before food is available. Why is this theoretically interesting?