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Question 31

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Sleepwalking occurs _________.

A) primarily during REM sleep
B) primarily during NREM stage 4 sleep
C) equally as often in REM and NREM sleep
D) only in REM sleep

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Question 32

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When people persist in trying to solve a problem the same way they have always gone about solving problems,they have developed __________.

A) a mental set.
B) functional fixedness.
C) confirmation bias.
D) transformation bias.

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Question 33

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You are learning Russian in preparation for a trip next summer.Although you are doing a good job recognizing the written signs you need to know,you are having trouble with the sounds of the Russian language.Which of the following aspects of language is giving you trouble?

Seventy percent of the students in a classroom are women and 30 percent are men.One student is described as ambitious,athletic,and assertive.Why are most people likely to think this description refers to a male student?

PET scans have demonstrated that when you are creating a visual image ___________.

Which of the following statements might help you determine if an individual has narcolepsy?

Jim is 56 years old and slightly overweight.His wife reports that he snores loudly.What sleep disorder seems to fit Jim's symptoms?

The phrase "I tried" has __________.

Which developmental psychologist theorized that concepts preceded and aided the development of language?

What are the smallest units of meaning in a language?

Your friend has experienced excessive daytime sleepiness.He is laughing with you and suddenly falls to the ground.Your friend is probably suffering from __________.

Mary is having insomnia.Which piece of advice would you give to help her deal with it?

Which of the following is suggested by your authors as helping to substantially improve cognitive health?

_____________ is a disorder in which breathing briefly stops during sleep,causing the person to choke, gasp,and momentarily awaken.

Don tells Ray he wants to get a new sports car.Ray immediately understands why because he is familiar with the common characteristics of sports cars and knows what makes them different from family cars.Ray is using mental categories called ________.

The sentence,"Colorless ideas sleep furiously" has __________.

The trial-and-error method of solving problems is also known as ____________.

The first thing that comes to mind when asked to name an example from a category is called the _________.

Sleep spindles appear during ________ slee

What do we call a state of consciousness that can result from the use of alcohol,drugs,or hypnosis?