Research suggests that we typically forget our dreams upon waking because ________
a. dreams often arouse anxiety that could intrude into our daily life.
b. they are based on random neural activity forming disjointed images with no meaning.
c. they often are sexual or violent in nature and our conscious mind represses them.
d. cortical neurons that control the initial storage of new memories are turned off during sleep.
Answer: d
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a. Alex was capable of addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division problems, showing an innate understanding of numbers. b. Alex was able to make requests and to answer simple questions about objects. c. Alex's linguistic abilities were limited to the "parroting" of phrases that he heard Irene speak. d. Alex showed no evidence of cognitive abilities, which isn't surprising given his brain was the size of a walnut.
DSM is the name of the guide that psychologists use to diagnose mental illness and it stands for the?
a. ?Directed and Specialized Monitoring of Mental Illness. b. ?Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders. c. ?Disorders and their Symptoms for Mental Health Professionals. d. ?De-Stigmatizing Mental Illness Guide.
Eye movements during REM sleep are associated with
A. a PGO wave. B. a spike from the thalamus to the cerebral cortex. C. a spike from the cerebral cortex to the thalamus. D. visual imagery of a static scene, as in stepping off a curb.
Cognitive models are based on observations that describe:
A) the structure and processes of cognition B) the terminology of cognition C) the future of cognition D) the faults of cognition E) the history of cognition