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                 AP  Practice Multiple Choice Questions

                 1.  As Doreen is reading her Psychology textbook, which   4.  What do hallucinating, dreaming, and meditating have in
                     statement is she most likely to encounter about        common?
                     consciousness?                                         a.  They are all states of sequential processing.
                     a.  It was studied only by Sigmund Freud.              b.  They are all states of blindsight.
                     b.  It has been discredited in favor of studying behaviors.  c.  They are all states of consciousness.
                     c.  It has been discredited in light of research showing   d.  They are all states of neurogenesis.
                        the significant role of the unconscious.        5.  Dr. James collected EEG data on 100 participants as
                     d.  It is an important way of studying our two-track   they were daydreaming to determine which brain-wave
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                        minds.
                                                                            patterns were present during this activity. Which of the
                 2.  Which statement should Mason say to his friend to dis-  following best depicts the independent variable in this
                     cuss the dual-processing model most accurately?        example?
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                     a.  The right and left hemispheres of the brain both   a.  The 100 participants
                        process incoming messages.                          b.  Daydreaming, a state of consciousness
                     b.  Incoming information is processed by both conscious   c.  The EEG data measuring brain-wave patterns
                        and unconscious tracks.                             d.  The effect of daydreaming on EEG data
                     c.  Each lobe of the brain processes incoming
                        information.
                     d.  The brain first processes emotional information and
                        then processes analytical information.
                 3.  In chemistry class, Teresa was aware that she was writing
                     down her teacher’s words. Which psychological concept
                     best describes Teresa’s experience?
                     a.  Teresa was consciously aware of her experience.
                     b.  Teresa was unconscious during her experience.
                     c.  Teresa was experiencing blindsight during her
                        experience.
                     d.  Teresa was biased during her experience.



































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