Consciousness

When an individual engages in synchronization, she or he

• hallucinates.

• has a subconscious experience.

• becomes unconscious.

• has a conscious experience.

What are the two aspects of consciousness?

• Alertness and wakefulness

• Awareness and control

• Memory and alertness

• Wakefulness and awareness

The monitoring of information from the environment and from one's own thoughts is termed as ________.

• intelligence

• awareness

• wakefulness

• memory

A person in a ________ state will show signs of low wakefulness and awareness.

• coma

• conscious

• sensitive

• vegetative state

Which of the following can be considered a key aspect of consciousness?

• Intuition

• Attention

• Knowledge

• Optimism

The ability to focus awareness on specific features in the environment while ignoring others is termed as ________.

• sustained attention

• focused attention

• selective attention

• Stroop effect

Zara went out with her friends to a large gathering. She was trying to follow what her friend was telling her despite the loud noise from the crowd. Suddenly, she heard her name being called out from somewhere behind her. This led her to lose her entire focus on her current conversation with her friend; she became more aware of the conversations going on behind her and she repeatedly looked over her shoulder. Which of the following phenomena is responsible for Zara's actions?

• Sustained attention

• The cocktail party effect

• Inattentional blindness

• The Stroop effect

Which of the following terms refers to a phenomenon by which one fails to notice unexpected objects in her or his surroundings?

• Inattentional blindness

• Subliminal perception

• Change phenomenon

• Visual masking

Which of the following is a form of mental training that can be used to calm the mind, stabilize concentration, or enhance awareness of the present moment?

• Sleep

• The administration of a psychoactive drug

• Meditation

• Sensory deprivation

Which of the following refers to the pattern followed by sleep?

• Ultradian rhythm

• Nocturnal rhythm

• Infradian rhythm

• Circadian rhythm