SDC Psych Exam #3 (Sensation, Perception, Consciousness, Lifespan Development)

The best adjectives associated with the activation-synthesis hypothesis of dreaming are...

Which of the following statements might help you determine if an individual has narcolepsy?

Obedience to rules because of the fear of punishment is a characteristic of__________.

Almost all dreams take place in ________ sleep.

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

Mothers who were unresponsive, insensitive, and coldly rejecting were associated with ___________ attached infants. 

A cycle of bodily rhythm that is approximately 24 hours long is called a(n) ______ rhythm.

Jeremy is 17 years old. According to Erikson, his chief task will be acquiring a sense of ______.

Piaget’s term for the knowledge that an object exists even when it is out of sight is ______.

People’s tendency to perceive a thing a certain way because their previous experiences influence them is called ________

Texture gradient refers to the fact that texture appears to become ______.

Which Gestalt principle is illustrated in this image?

Which of the following is a result of sleep deprivation? 

Theorists who view development as ________ believe that development takes place in unique stages.

Which of the following is classified as a depressant?

Similarity is the tendency to perceive _________________.

Drugs that speed up the functioning of the nervous system are called _____________.

Tendency to interpret an object as always being the same size, regardless of its distance from the viewer, is known as

The emotional bond that forms between an infant and a primary caregiver is called_________.

Which of Piaget’s stages of cognitive development is characterized by abstract thinking and the creation of theories?

Prenatal period during which tremendous growth occurs and the organs continue to develop and become functional is called

The kinesthetic senses are concerned with ______________.

The continuous development approach views development as a ________.

The correct sequence of the five stages of death and dying postulated by Kübler-Ross is ______.

A sleep disorder characterized by difficulty in falling asleep or remaining asleep throughout the night is ______.

What term is used to describe a child’s inability to see the world through anyone else’s eyes except his or her own?

When sensory receptors become less sensitive to repeated presentations of the same stimulus, it's called...

According to William James, the purpose of psychology was to ________.

Silvia has blond hair, even though her mother and father each have brown hair. What do we know about Silvia’s parents?

What are the five primary tastes?

The _____ is involved in our experience of emotion and fear as well as tying emotional meaning to our memories.

What do we call a state of consciousness that can result from the use of alcohol, drugs, or hypnosis?

Which Gestalt principle is illustrated in this image?

Which Gestalt principle is illustrated in this image?

The deepest stage of sleep involves _________ waves. 

Analyzing smaller features and building up to a complete perception is called ________________.

Erik Erikson saw the major challenge of middle adulthood as that of ______.

Which of these individuals has the highest risk for having sleep apnea?

Theory in which aging is attributed to our organs and cell tissues simply wearing out with repeated use and abuse is

Receptor cells in the retina responsible for color vision and fine acuity are ______.