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Chapter 4: Consciousness

MULTIPLE CHOICE

1. When we say that we are “conscious of” seeing something or hearing a sound, we are referring to consciousness as

a.	a stream of thought.	c.	stream of sensorium.
b.	a metaphysical concept.	d.	sensory awareness.

ANS: D DIF: 1 REF: What Is Consciousness?

OBJ:1MSC:TYPE: Factual

2. Tom has the ability to pay attention in class, and screen out all the things that are going on around him. What is this called?

a.	outer awareness	c.	sensory awareness
b.	selective attention	d.	selective observation

ANS: B DIF: 2 REF: What Is Consciousness?

OBJ:1MSC:TYPE: Applied

3. When psychologists talk of focusing on a particular stimulus, what are they referring to?

a.	selective attention	c.	stream of thought
b.	sensory awareness	d.	all of these

ANS: A DIF: 2 REF: What Is Consciousness?

OBJ:1MSC:TYPE: Conceptual

4. Some enchanted evening, Andre is at a cocktail party. Suddenly, he hears the voice of a beautiful woman from across the crowded room. What is this phenomenon known as?

a.	the sensory awareness effect	c.	the beautiful woman effect
b.	the cocktail party effect	d.	the crowded room effect

ANS: B DIF: 2 REF: What Is Consciousness?

OBJ:1MSC:TYPE: Applied

5. A bird just flew in the window of the classroom, and crashed into a window on the other side of the room, making a loud noise. This incident immediately got the attention of everyone in the room. What would this scenario be referred to as?

a.	intense stimuli.	c.	novel stimuli.
b.	repetitive stimuli.	d.	intense and novel stimuli.

ANS: D DIF: 2 REF: What Is Consciousness?

OBJ:1MSC:TYPE: Applied

6. Certain kinds of stimuli have been found to capture people’s attention more easily than others. Among these are __________ stimuli.

a.	intense	c.	repetitive
b.	novel	d.	all of these

ANS: D DIF: 2 REF: What Is Consciousness?

OBJ:1MSC:TYPE: Factual

7. Grandma Betsy just called you and told you that she had spilled a gallon of forest green paint all over her new white carpet. Even though you did not see it, you were conscious of the image through

a.	selective attention.	c.	preconscious.
b.	direct inner awareness.	d.	automatic consciousness.

ANS: B DIF: 2 REF: What Is Consciousness?

OBJ:1MSC:TYPE: Applied

8. Humans are capable of having direct inner awareness of

a.	thoughts.	c.	immediate physical sensations.
b.	images.	d.	thoughts and images.

ANS: D DIF: 2 REF: What Is Consciousness?

OBJ:1MSC:TYPE: Factual

9. According to Freud, what material is not currently in awareness but is readily available to awareness?

a.	unconscious	c.	preconscious
b.	subconscious	d.	all of these

ANS: C DIF: 2 REF: What Is Consciousness?

OBJ:1MSC:TYPE: Factual

10. The professor just said that everyone in the class is to focus on their home environment. When they think of home, that is an example of a thought being brought out of the

a.	unconscious.	c.	preconscious.
b.	subconscious.	d.	nonconsciousness.

ANS: C DIF: 2 REF: What Is Consciousness?

OBJ:1MSC:TYPE: Applied

11. According to Freud, some mental events are unavailable to us under most circumstances. What are these events called?

a.	nonconscious.	c.	preconscious.
b.	unconscious.	d.	subconscious.

ANS: B DIF: 2 REF: What Is Consciousness?

OBJ:1MSC:TYPE: Factual

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