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WorksheetsUnit 1, Part 2: Sleep and Sensation: Practice Exam
Total questions: 10
Worksheet time: 10mins
While engaged in an argument with his brother, a man suddenly falls asleep. With which sleep disorder is he most likely to be diagnosed?
Sleep apnea
REM sleep behavior disorder
Sleepwalking
Narcolepsy
Which of the following best represents an absolute threshold?
A guitar player knows that his D string has just gone out of tune.
A photographer can tell that the natural light available has just faded slightly.
Your friend amazes you by correctly identifying unlabeled glasses of Coke and Pepsi.
A cook can just barely taste the small amount of salt she has added to her soup.
Which of the following might result from a disruption of your vestibular sense?
Inability to detect the position of your arm without looking at it
Loss of the ability to detect bitter tastes
Dizziness and a loss of balance
An inability to detect pain
After looking at a yellow, black, and green American flag for a minute, you shift your gaze to a white wall. Which of the following theories best explains why you "see" a red, white, and blue flag when looking at the white wall?
Frequency theory
Young-Helmholtz trichromatic theory
Opponent-Process theory
Ganglion-Bipolar theory
Diego can easily reach out and pet his dog because he is aware of his body parts' position and movement. This awareness is due to which of the following?
Kinesthesis
Vestibular sense
Association areas
Sequential processing
Warda has been deprived of sleep for several nights. She is now showing increasing amounts of paradoxical sleep. This increase indicates that she is experiencing which of the following?
Circadian rhythms
Narcolepsy
Sleep apnea
REM rebound
After flying from California to New York, Arthur experienced a restless, sleepless night. His problem was most likely caused by a disruption of his normal
dopamine production.
circadian rhythm.
hypnagogic sensations.
alpha wave patterns.
One theory suggests that the brain activity associated with ________ is helpful for developing and preserving neural pathways in the brain.
night terrors
sleep apnea
dreaming
hypnagogic sensations
The axons of ganglion cells converge to form
bipolar cells.
the auditory nerve.
the optic nerve.
the olfactory bulb.
The discovery that high-frequency sounds trigger large vibrations near the beginning of the basilar membrane supports the ________ theory.
gate-control
frequency
Young-Helmholtz
place
