Psychology Themes and Variations Briefer International Edition 9Th Edition – Test Bank
Chapter 5 Multiple-Choice Items
MULTIPLE CHOICE
1.The awareness of self, your thoughts, internal sensations, and external stimuli is defined as
a. |
consciousness. |
b. |
hypnosis. |
c. |
sensation. |
d. |
perception. |
ANS: A PTS: 1 REF: On the Nature of Consciousness
OBJ: 5.1 TOP: WWW KEY: Factual
2.The awareness of internal and external stimuli defines
a. |
wakefulness. |
b. |
the unconscious. |
c. |
consciousness. |
d. |
alertness. |
ANS: C PTS: 1 REF: On the Nature of Consciousness
OBJ: 5.1 KEY: Factual
3.The idea that one’s consciousness continually changes, fluctuates, and wanders characterizes William James’s concept that consciousness is
a. |
an incomplete picture puzzle. |
b. |
a partially submerged iceberg. |
c. |
a stream. |
d. |
a flower garden. |
ANS: C PTS: 1 REF: On the Nature of Consciousness
OBJ:5.1KEY:Concept/Applied
4.If you could tape-record your thoughts, you would find
a. |
a system of hierarchically organized cognitions. |
b. |
one central thought and multiple, related subsidiary thoughts. |
c. |
an endless flow of ideas that constantly shifts and changes. |
d. |
an organized system of parallel thoughts. |
ANS: C PTS: 1 REF: On the Nature of Consciousness
OBJ:5.1KEY:Concept/Applied
5.The example of a new parent who sleeps through a loud thunderstorm, but wakes up the minute his newborn infant begins to cry is used to illustrate that during sleep, there is
a. |
no awareness of external stimuli. |
b. |
a selective awareness of external stimuli. |
c. |
no awareness of either external or internal stimuli. |
d. |
an awareness of all external stimuli. |
ANS: B PTS: 1 REF: On the Nature of Consciousness
OBJ:5.1KEY:Concept/Applied
6.The personal awareness you have of both internal and external stimuli, and your thoughts concerning those stimuli, comprise your
a. |
attention. |
b. |
unconsciousness. |
c. |
consciousness. |
d. |
alertness. |
ANS: C PTS: 1 REF: On the Nature of Consciousness
OBJ: 5.1 KEY: Factual
7.William James proposed the concept ____ to describe the continually changing aspect of consciousness.
a. |
circadian consciousness |
b. |
flow of consciousness |
c. |
stream of unconsciousness |
d. |
stream of consciousness |
ANS: D PTS: 1 REF: On the Nature of Consciousness
OBJ: 5.1 TOP: WWW KEY: Factual
8.According to Sigmund Freud, conscious and unconscious processes are different
a. |
levels of reality. |
b. |
levels of awareness. |
c. |
streams of awareness. |
d. |
streams of consciousness. |
ANS: B PTS: 1 REF: On the Nature of Consciousness
OBJ: 5.1 KEY: Factual
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