PSY 120 Unit 3

The technique of combining bits of information together into meaningful units to effectively increase the capacity of short-term memory is known as

• chunking

• rote memorization

• mainteneance rehearsal

• linking

Someone with a high "EQ" can control his or her

• environment

• equities

• energy level

• emotions

Muscular immobility, associated with some stages of sleep, and caused by the total relaxation of one's muscles is called

• atonia

• narcolepsy

• apoplexy

• aphasia

If you see a person's eyes moving back and forth under their closed eyelids and you wake her up, she will probably

• be disoriented and engage in microsleeps

• say that she has been dreaming

• be in a restorative stage of sleep

• become paranoid and accusatory

To be classified as intellectually gifted, one's IQ must fall

• in the top 2.5% of the IQ distribution

• consistently above 100 on all dimensions of giftedness

• in the top 10% of IQs for persons of the same age

• between 130 and 135

Elaine believes that she is not getting enough sleep at night, although objective measures demonstrate that her sleep is adequate. Her condition suggests

• microsleep deprivation

• Munchausen's syndrome

• malingering

• pseudoinsomnia

Billy is eight years old, but his mental age is six. Billy has an IQ of

• 75

• 80

• 100

• 133

Which of the following is most likely to develop sleep apnea?

• a severely underweight female of any age

• an adolescent male

• an average weight, male child

• an obese, middle-aged male

When Bob enters the doctor's office he expects to encounter a receptionist, a nurse, equipment, and a calm, self-assured professional. What memory process best summarizes this sort of expectation?

• inference

• schema

• distortion

• construct

Sensory memory has

• long duration and very large capacity

• short duration and very limited capacity

• long duration but very limited capacity

• short duration but very large capacity