AP Psychology Modules 22-23 Questions with Correct Answers
(Grade A+)
Question 1: consciousness
Answer: our awareness of ourselves and our environment
Question 2: hypnosis
Answer: a social interaction in which one person responds to another person's suggestions that certain
perceptions, feelings, thoughts, or behaviors will spontaneously occur.
Question 3: posthypnotic suggestion
Answer: a suggestion, made during a hypnosis session, to be carried out after the subject is no longer
hypnotized
Question 4: dissociation
Answer: a split in consciousness, which allows some thoughts and behaviors to occur simultaneously with
others
Question 5: circadian rhythm
Answer: the biological clock; regular bodily rhythms that occur on a 24-hour cycle
Question 6: REM sleep
Answer: rapid eye movements sleep; a recurring sleep stage during which vivid dreams commonly occur
Question 7: alpha waves
Answer: the relatively slow brain waves of a relaxed, awake state
Question 8: sleep
Answer: periodic, natural loss of consciousness; as distinct from unconsciousness resulting from a coma,
general anesthesia, or hibernation
Question 9: hallucinations
Answer: false sensory experiences, such as seeing something in the absence of an external visual stimulus
Page 1
(Grade A+)
Question 1: consciousness
Answer: our awareness of ourselves and our environment
Question 2: hypnosis
Answer: a social interaction in which one person responds to another person's suggestions that certain
perceptions, feelings, thoughts, or behaviors will spontaneously occur.
Question 3: posthypnotic suggestion
Answer: a suggestion, made during a hypnosis session, to be carried out after the subject is no longer
hypnotized
Question 4: dissociation
Answer: a split in consciousness, which allows some thoughts and behaviors to occur simultaneously with
others
Question 5: circadian rhythm
Answer: the biological clock; regular bodily rhythms that occur on a 24-hour cycle
Question 6: REM sleep
Answer: rapid eye movements sleep; a recurring sleep stage during which vivid dreams commonly occur
Question 7: alpha waves
Answer: the relatively slow brain waves of a relaxed, awake state
Question 8: sleep
Answer: periodic, natural loss of consciousness; as distinct from unconsciousness resulting from a coma,
general anesthesia, or hibernation
Question 9: hallucinations
Answer: false sensory experiences, such as seeing something in the absence of an external visual stimulus
Page 1
