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Test Bank for Psychology A Journey 5th Edition by Coon
Chapter 5: States of Consciousness


MULTIPLE CHOICE

1. A college student drifting into a pleasant daydream while sitting at the back of class, three
businesswomen having wine at a wine bar, and an actor consulting a hypnotist to reduce stage fright
are all
a. experiencing the third-person experience.
b. experiencing different states of consciousness.
c. exhibiting unconscious drives for success.
d. exhibiting narcissistic personalities.
ANS: B PTS: 1 DIF: Easy REF: Grand, Indeed!
OBJ: 5.1.1 KEY: Application MSC: * (New Question)

2. While a college student spends a day exploring in a fully conscious state of mindfulness meditation, a
man in a hospital lies deep in a coma after surviving a horrendous traffic accident. Both of these
individuals are
a. experiencing the third-person experience.
b. experiencing different states of consciousness.
c. exhibiting unconscious transference.
d. exhibiting a non-REM sleep state.
ANS: B PTS: 1 DIF: Easy REF: Grand, Indeed!
OBJ: 5.1.1 KEY: Application MSC: * (New Question)

3. To be conscious means
a. that one is awake.
b. that one is aware.
c. that one is completely alert.
d. none of these.
ANS: B PTS: 1 DIF: Moderate
REF: States of Consciousness-The Many Faces of Awareness OBJ: 5.1.1
KEY: Fact

4. Consciousness consists of all of the following EXCEPT
a. sensations and perceptions.
b. altered states (ASCs).
c. memories and feelings.
d. artificial intelligence (AI).
ANS: D PTS: 1 DIF: Easy
REF: States of Consciousness-The Many Faces of Awareness OBJ: 5.1.1
KEY: Concept MSC: * (New Question)




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,5. Which of the following consists of all the sensations, perceptions, memories, and feelings you are
aware of at any instant?
a. alertness
b. personality
c. consciousness
d. intelligence
ANS: C PTS: 1 DIF: Moderate
REF: States of Consciousness-The Many Faces of Awareness OBJ: 5.1.1
KEY: Fact

6. We cannot know the first-person experience of
a. lower animals, like bats or cats.
b. primates other than humans.
c. other humans.
d. any of these organisms.
ANS: D PTS: 1 DIF: Moderate
REF: States of Consciousness-The Many Faces of Awareness OBJ: 5.1.1
KEY: Concept

7. Regarding the first-person experience, which of the following statements is FALSE?
a. We can learn a lot about humans and other animals through an objective, third-person
point of view.
b. We cannot directly know the first-person experience of animals.
c. We cannot know the first-person experience of other persons.
d. The difficulty of knowing other minds is why introspection replaced behaviorism early in
psychology’s history.
ANS: D PTS: 1 DIF: Moderate
REF: States of Consciousness-The Many Faces of Awareness OBJ: 5.1.1
KEY: Fact MSC: * (New Question)

8. The difficulty of knowing other minds is why the technique of introspection was replaced with more
objective measures by the early
a. psychoanalysts.
b. behaviorists.
c. humanists.
d. structuralists.
ANS: B PTS: 1 DIF: Moderate
REF: States of Consciousness-The Many Faces of Awareness OBJ: 5.1.1
KEY: Fact

9. The difficulty of knowing other minds is why the early behaviorist replaced which of the following
with more objective measures?
a. introspection

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, b. stimulus control
c. conditioning
d. response chaining
ANS: A PTS: 1 DIF: Moderate
REF: States of Consciousness-The Many Faces of Awareness OBJ: 5.1.1
KEY: Fact MSC: * (New Question)
10. Because the mind and consciousness are fundamentally first-person phenomena, the basic challenge of
understanding the brain and behavior is to use studies.
a. intuitive
b. subjective
c. objective
d. parapsychology
ANS: C PTS: 1 DIF: Moderate
REF: States of Consciousness-The Many Faces of Awareness OBJ: 5.1.1
KEY: Fact

11. We spend most of our lives in a state of consciousness that is organized, meaningful, and clear and is
referred to as
a. a state of ASCs.
b. waking consciousness.
c. an altered state of consciousness.
d. microsleeps.
ANS: B PTS: 1 DIF: Moderate
REF: States of Consciousness-The Many Faces of Awareness OBJ: 5.1.2
KEY: Fact

12. When a person is in a state of clear, organized alertness and perceives times, places, and events as real,
meaningful, and familiar, he or she is said to be
a. in waking consciousness.
b. experiencing a state similar to non-REM.
c. experiencing sensory overload.
d. in an altered state of consciousness.
ANS: A PTS: 1 DIF: Moderate
REF: States of Consciousness-The Many Faces of Awareness OBJ: 5.1.2
KEY: Concept

13. Long-distance running, listening to music, sleep, and daydreaming are just some of the everyday ways
to produce
a. preconsciousness.
b. altered states of consciousness.
c. sensory enhancement.
d. simulated information processing.
ANS: B PTS: 1 DIF: Easy
REF: States of Consciousness-The Many Faces of Awareness OBJ: 5.1.2
KEY: Concept


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, 14. The low levels of awareness associated with strokes and other forms of brain damage are examples of
a. preconsciousness.
b. altered states of consciousness.
c. sensory gating.
d. simulated states of consciousness.
ANS: B PTS: 1 DIF: Easy
REF: States of Consciousness-The Many Faces of Awareness OBJ: 5.1.2
KEY: Concept MSC: * (New Question)

15. During an altered state of consciousness, changes occur in the quality of mental activity as well as in
which other aspect of mental activity?
a. assimilation
b. length
c. pattern
d. sensory gating
ANS: C PTS: 1 DIF: Moderate
REF: States of Consciousness-The Many Faces of Awareness OBJ: 5.1.2
KEY: Concept MSC: * (New Question)

16. Psychologists identify a condition of awareness that is distinctly different in quality or pattern from
waking consciousness as
a. preconsciousness.
b. simulated information processing.
c. an altered state of consciousness.
d. sensory enhancement.
ANS: C PTS: 1 DIF: Moderate
REF: States of Consciousness-The Many Faces of Awareness OBJ: 5.1.2
KEY: Fact

17. Regarding altered states of consciousness (ASCs), which of the following statements is FALSE?
a. During an altered state of consciousness, there are distinct shifts in our memories, time
sense, emotions, and suggestibility.
b. “Highway hypnotism” on long drives is an example of an altered state of consciousness.
c. Most people do not know when they have experienced an altered state of consciousness.
d. Heightened self-awareness is an important feature of many ASCs.
ANS: C PTS: 1 DIF: Moderate
REF: States of Consciousness-The Many Faces of Awareness OBJ: 5.1.2
KEY: Concept MSC: * (New Question)

18. An important feature of many altered states of consciousness (ASCs) is
a. a clarity of waking consciousness.
b. heightened self-awareness.
c. cataplexy.
d. amnesia for the period of time that one is in this state.
ANS: B PTS: 1 DIF: Easy
REF: States of Consciousness-The Many Faces of Awareness OBJ: 5.1.2
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