Unit 2 Study Guide

What is a concept that mental groupings are created "naturally" through your experiences.

What are CPAP machines used to treat?

We know exactly why we dream while sleeping.

Which of the following is not a treatment for insomnia?

What is clearing the mind in order to achieve a state of relaxed awareness and focus?

Higher amplitudes are associated with quieter sounds.

Congenital deafness is hearing loss that is present at birth.

Divergent thinking is the capacity to focus on the single "correct" answer or solution to a given question or problem.

Sleep helps our adaptive functions by conserving energy and keeps us safe from predation.

An out-group is the group to which a person belongs

Divergent thinking is the capacity to explore multiple potential answers or solutions to a given question or problem.

What is depth perception?

Following an instruction manual would be which problem solving strategy?

What is how sensory information is interpreted and consciously experienced?

IQ scores form a bell curve, with most scores being around 100.

What does IQ stand for?

Which of the following is NOT a characteristic of sleep?

Which type of receptors respond to certain types of chemicals either applied externally or released within the skin?

What is a state of extreme self-focus and attention in which minimal attention is given to external stimuli?

What is a collection of symptoms brought on by travel from one time zone to another?

What determines a person's intelligence?

Which problem solving strategy involves trying different solutions until the problem is solved?

Which type of touch receptors respond to mechanical stimuli such as stretching or vibration of the skin?

Which type of decision bias involves focusing on information that confirms existing beliefs?

How many stages are there of NREM sleep?

What does REM stand for?

What type of decision bias involves believing that the event you just experienced was predictable?

What is a step-by-step problem solving formula?

Sensory information includes:

What is the awareness of internal and external stimuli?

Which type of receptors respond to cold or hot temperatures?

REM sleep is characterized by deep sleep with minimal eye movement.

Depressants such as alcohol suppress central nervous system activity.

How many types of intelligence does the Triarchic Theory of Intelligence say there are?

Turning off Wifi and turning it back on would be an example of what problem solving strategy?

Which disorder causes a person to accidentally fall asleep at inopportune times?

Around what age do children begin forming complex sentences and having conversations?

What is the first type of communication an infant develops?

An out-group is a group to which a person does not belong.

High-frequency sound waves are perceived as high-pitched sounds.

Substance abuse disorder can negatively impact a person's sleep patterns.

A circadian rhythm is a biological rhythm that takes place over a period of 24 hours such as our sleep wake cycle.

Which gland of the brain secretes melatonin?

An in-group is a group to which a person belongs.

Consistently getting insufficient sleep will cause you to go into sleep debt.

Pain is adaptive because it makes us aware of injury and motivates us to remove ourselves from injury.

Taste buds are only located on the tongue.

Sensation is a physical process, whereas perception is psychological.