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


A) "I have difficulty getting to sleep."
B) "I don't have an adverse reaction to sleeping pills."
C) "I sometimes fall into a deep sleep in the middle of a conversation."
D) "When I get up in the morning,I have the feeling that I had really bad nightmares."

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Which is NOT a characteristic of creative people?


A) They usually have a broad range of knowledge about a lot of subjects and are good at using mental imagery.
B) They are often conventional in their personal lifestyles and take few social risks.
C) They aren't afraid to be different,are more open to new experiences than many people,and tend to have more vivid dreams and daydreams than others do.
D) They value their independence.

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Consciousness is the ________________.


A) state of arousal involving facial and bodily changes
B) awareness of ourselves and the environment
C) memory of personally experienced events
D) intentional recollection of an item of information

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To treat your sleep problem you are told that you should avoid caffeine,you should set your alarm clock to wake up at the same time each day,and you should get out of bed if you cannot slee


A) enuresis
B) narcolepsy
C) insomnia
D) REM sleep behavior disorder

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


A) narcolepsy
B) sleep apnea
C) sleep terror
D) REM sleep behavior

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You are telling a joke to your friend who is laughing uproariously and then suddenly collapses to the floor.You are not surprised to later learn that he has a sleep disorder known as ???___________.


A) enuresis
B) narcolepsy
C) sleep terror
D) daytime insomnia

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Which of the following conditions would you least like the pilot flying your airplane to have?


A) enuresis
B) narcolepsy
C) sleep terror
D) daytime insomnia

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Which device would a sleep researcher use to monitor a sleeping person's brain waves?


A) electromyograph (EMG)
B) electrocardiograph (EKG)
C) electro-oculograph (EOG)
D) electroencephalograph (EEG)

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If you have been waking up too early for several weeks,you are probably suffering from ____________.


A) insomnia
B) parasomnia
C) hypersomnia
D) reverse insomnia

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Researchers have found that despite the number of color names in a language,the basic abilities to perceive color are unchanged.This finding would be troublesome for the theory of ______________.


A) Piccard and Worf
B) Sapir and Whorf
C) Skinner and Watson
D) Tolman and Thorndike

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A sleep disorder that may require the use of a machine to force air gently into the nasal passages is called ______________.


A) sleep apnea
B) insomnia
C) narcolepsy
D) cataplexy

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The rules that determine how sounds and words can be combined and used to communicate meaning within a language are collectively known as ______.


A) morphemic rules
B) phonemic rules
C) grammar
D) linguistic relativity

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


A) Vygotsky
B) Piaget
C) Sapir
D) Whorf

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


A) Sleep apnea
B) Insomnia
C) Narcolepsy
D) Non-REM sleep

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A sleep disorder characterized by difficulty in falling asleep or remaining asleep throughout the night is ______.


A) zombulism
B) cataplexy
C) narcolepsy
D) insomnia

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Compared to formal concepts learned in science and math,natural concepts tend to be ____________.


A) easier to learn
B) very clear and well defined
C) fuzzy with unclear boundaries
D) good fits with a rigid classification system

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When a problem is seen as having only one answer,with all lines of thinking leading to that answer,this is known as divergent thinking.

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Animals such as dolphins or chimps have shown some language-like behavior but have not been seen to demonstrate the language skills equal to that of a 3-year-old human child.

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The term artificial intelligence was coined first by _____________.


A) Mary Shelly in Frankenstein
B) Karel Capek in R.U.R (Rossum's Universal Robots)
C) Isaac Asimov in I,Robot
D) John McCarthy

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Language is based on basic sound units called ______.


A) phonemes
B) morphemes
C) semantics
D) registers

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