Package Title: Testbank
Course Title: Real World Psychology
Chapter Number: Chapter 5
Question type: Multiple Choice
1) Consciousness is defined as .
a) ordinary and extraordinary wakefulness
b) an awareness of one's internal events and of the external environment
c) mental representations of the world in the here and now
d) any mental state that requires thinking and processing of sensory stimuli
Answer: b
Difficulty: Easy
Section Reference: Consciousness, Sleep, and Dreaming
Learning Objective: LO 1: Identify circadian rhythms, the stages and theories of sleep and dreaming,
and common sleep disorders.
APA Goal 1: Knowledge Base in Psychology
1.1 Describe key concepts, principles, and overarching themes in psychology
2) can be defined as our awareness of our environments and ourselves.
a) Alternate states of consciousness (ASCs)
b) Consciousness
c) States of consciousness
d) Selective attention
Answer: b
Difficulty: Easy
Section Reference: Consciousness, Sleep, and Dreaming
Learning Objective: LO 1: Identify circadian rhythms, the stages and theories of sleep and dreaming,
and common sleep disorders.
APA Goal 1: Knowledge Base in Psychology
,1.1 Describe key concepts, principles, and overarching themes in psychology
3) A mental state, other than an ordinary waking state, that occurs during sleep, dreaming,
psychoactive drug use, or hypnosis is called altered .
a) states of mental awareness
b) alertness
c) states of consciousness
d) sentience
Answer: c
Difficulty: Medium
Section Reference: Consciousness, Sleep, and Dreaming
Learning Objective: LO 1: Identify circadian rhythms, the stages and theories of sleep and dreaming,
and common sleep disorders.
APA Goal 1: Knowledge Base in Psychology
1.1 Describe key concepts, principles, and overarching themes in psychology
4) Armand is daydreaming, Adele is dreaming while asleep. Which statement is TRUE?
a) Armand is semiconscious Adele is unconscious.
b) Armand is semiconscious; Adele is in an altered state of consciousness.
c) Both Armand and Adele are in altered states of consciousness.
d) Armand is in an altered state of consciousness; Adele is unconscious.
Answer: c
Difficulty: Medium
Section Reference: Consciousness, Sleep, and Dreaming
Learning Objective: LO 1: Identify circadian rhythms, the stages and theories of sleep and dreaming,
and common sleep disorders.
APA Goal 1: Knowledge Base in Psychology
1.1 Describe key concepts, principles, and overarching themes in psychology
1.3 Describe applications of psychology
,Goal 2: Scientific Inquiry and Critical Thinking
2.3 Engage in innovative and integrative thinking and problem solving
5) Consciousness .
a) is a relatively simple phenomenon
b) exists on a continuum
c) is an all-or-nothing phenomenon
d) includes only those states in which someone is fully alert
Answer: b
Difficulty: Easy
Section Reference: Consciousness, Sleep, and Dreaming
Learning Objective: LO 1: Identify circadian rhythms, the stages and theories of sleep and dreaming,
and common sleep disorders.
APA Goal 1: Knowledge Base in Psychology
1.1 Describe key concepts, principles, and overarching themes in psychology
Goal 2: Scientific Inquiry and Critical Thinking
2.3 Engage in innovative and integrative thinking and problem solving
6) Which one of the following is an altered state of consciousness?
a) feeling dizzy
b) reading a book
c) sleeping
d) yoga
Answer: c
Difficulty: Easy
Section Reference: Consciousness, Sleep, and Dreaming
Learning Objective: LO 1: Identify circadian rhythms, the stages and theories of sleep and dreaming,
and common sleep disorders.
APA Goal 1: Knowledge Base in Psychology
, 1.1 Describe key concepts, principles, and overarching themes in psychology
Goal 2: Scientific Inquiry and Critical Thinking
2.3 Engage in innovative and integrative thinking and problem solving
7) Circadian rhythms are .
a) patterns that repeat themselves on a twice-daily schedule
b) physical and mental changes associated with the cycle of the moon
c) rhythmical processes in your brain
d) biological changes that occur on a 24-hour cycle
Answer: d
Difficulty: Easy
Section Reference: Consciousness, Sleep, and Dreaming
Learning Objective: LO 1: Identify circadian rhythms, the stages and theories of sleep and dreaming,
and common sleep disorders.
APA Goal 1: Knowledge Base in Psychology
1.1 Describe key concepts, principles, and overarching themes in psychology
8) Rhythms that are based on solar or lunar rhythms basis are called .
a) circuitous
b) chronobiology
c) calendrical
d) circadian
Answer: b
Difficulty: Easy
Section Reference: Consciousness, Sleep, and Dreaming
Learning Objective: LO 1: Identify circadian rhythms, the stages and theories of sleep and dreaming,
and common sleep disorders.
APA Goal 1: Knowledge Base in Psychology
1.1 Describe key concepts, principles, and overarching themes in psychology
Course Title: Real World Psychology
Chapter Number: Chapter 5
Question type: Multiple Choice
1) Consciousness is defined as .
a) ordinary and extraordinary wakefulness
b) an awareness of one's internal events and of the external environment
c) mental representations of the world in the here and now
d) any mental state that requires thinking and processing of sensory stimuli
Answer: b
Difficulty: Easy
Section Reference: Consciousness, Sleep, and Dreaming
Learning Objective: LO 1: Identify circadian rhythms, the stages and theories of sleep and dreaming,
and common sleep disorders.
APA Goal 1: Knowledge Base in Psychology
1.1 Describe key concepts, principles, and overarching themes in psychology
2) can be defined as our awareness of our environments and ourselves.
a) Alternate states of consciousness (ASCs)
b) Consciousness
c) States of consciousness
d) Selective attention
Answer: b
Difficulty: Easy
Section Reference: Consciousness, Sleep, and Dreaming
Learning Objective: LO 1: Identify circadian rhythms, the stages and theories of sleep and dreaming,
and common sleep disorders.
APA Goal 1: Knowledge Base in Psychology
,1.1 Describe key concepts, principles, and overarching themes in psychology
3) A mental state, other than an ordinary waking state, that occurs during sleep, dreaming,
psychoactive drug use, or hypnosis is called altered .
a) states of mental awareness
b) alertness
c) states of consciousness
d) sentience
Answer: c
Difficulty: Medium
Section Reference: Consciousness, Sleep, and Dreaming
Learning Objective: LO 1: Identify circadian rhythms, the stages and theories of sleep and dreaming,
and common sleep disorders.
APA Goal 1: Knowledge Base in Psychology
1.1 Describe key concepts, principles, and overarching themes in psychology
4) Armand is daydreaming, Adele is dreaming while asleep. Which statement is TRUE?
a) Armand is semiconscious Adele is unconscious.
b) Armand is semiconscious; Adele is in an altered state of consciousness.
c) Both Armand and Adele are in altered states of consciousness.
d) Armand is in an altered state of consciousness; Adele is unconscious.
Answer: c
Difficulty: Medium
Section Reference: Consciousness, Sleep, and Dreaming
Learning Objective: LO 1: Identify circadian rhythms, the stages and theories of sleep and dreaming,
and common sleep disorders.
APA Goal 1: Knowledge Base in Psychology
1.1 Describe key concepts, principles, and overarching themes in psychology
1.3 Describe applications of psychology
,Goal 2: Scientific Inquiry and Critical Thinking
2.3 Engage in innovative and integrative thinking and problem solving
5) Consciousness .
a) is a relatively simple phenomenon
b) exists on a continuum
c) is an all-or-nothing phenomenon
d) includes only those states in which someone is fully alert
Answer: b
Difficulty: Easy
Section Reference: Consciousness, Sleep, and Dreaming
Learning Objective: LO 1: Identify circadian rhythms, the stages and theories of sleep and dreaming,
and common sleep disorders.
APA Goal 1: Knowledge Base in Psychology
1.1 Describe key concepts, principles, and overarching themes in psychology
Goal 2: Scientific Inquiry and Critical Thinking
2.3 Engage in innovative and integrative thinking and problem solving
6) Which one of the following is an altered state of consciousness?
a) feeling dizzy
b) reading a book
c) sleeping
d) yoga
Answer: c
Difficulty: Easy
Section Reference: Consciousness, Sleep, and Dreaming
Learning Objective: LO 1: Identify circadian rhythms, the stages and theories of sleep and dreaming,
and common sleep disorders.
APA Goal 1: Knowledge Base in Psychology
, 1.1 Describe key concepts, principles, and overarching themes in psychology
Goal 2: Scientific Inquiry and Critical Thinking
2.3 Engage in innovative and integrative thinking and problem solving
7) Circadian rhythms are .
a) patterns that repeat themselves on a twice-daily schedule
b) physical and mental changes associated with the cycle of the moon
c) rhythmical processes in your brain
d) biological changes that occur on a 24-hour cycle
Answer: d
Difficulty: Easy
Section Reference: Consciousness, Sleep, and Dreaming
Learning Objective: LO 1: Identify circadian rhythms, the stages and theories of sleep and dreaming,
and common sleep disorders.
APA Goal 1: Knowledge Base in Psychology
1.1 Describe key concepts, principles, and overarching themes in psychology
8) Rhythms that are based on solar or lunar rhythms basis are called .
a) circuitous
b) chronobiology
c) calendrical
d) circadian
Answer: b
Difficulty: Easy
Section Reference: Consciousness, Sleep, and Dreaming
Learning Objective: LO 1: Identify circadian rhythms, the stages and theories of sleep and dreaming,
and common sleep disorders.
APA Goal 1: Knowledge Base in Psychology
1.1 Describe key concepts, principles, and overarching themes in psychology