James is a salesperson with Indigo Paint House. Despite his above-average performance at work, he is unsatisfied with his life. He is unable to maintain a balance between his personal and professional life. He decides to enroll for a course in mindfulness meditation. The course is most likely to encourage
A. improvement of the skill to switch his attention from task to task.
B. improvement of concurrent, or parallel, task performance.
C. attention to the details of past experience.
D. attention to the details of momentary experience.
Answer: D
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Jerry is feeling sad. His roommate Bob has just learned of the facial feedback hypothesis. To help Jerry feel better, he tells Jerry to:
A) open a thesaurus and slowly pronounce words that are synonyms of happiness. B) apply a cold compress to his face for 30 minutes. C) hold a pencil in his pursed mouth for a few minutes. D) force a smile every few minutes.
Vicki is a college freshman, who most people would characterize as orderly, kind, and giving. She enjoys going out to eat with her friends, although she does not enjoy the spicy foods that they keep wanting her to try. Vicki would most likely be described as
a. introverted-perceptive. b. extrinsically motivated. c. low in sensation seeking. d. self-actualized.
Hobson and Pace-Schott suggest that the plots and images of a dream are
a. an attempt to resolve unconscious conflicts and desires. b. the products of activation of recent memories that the brain ties together somehow to make a plausible story. c. unrelated to the physiological functions of REM sleep. d. affected by the memories and experiences of our ancestors. e. functions of REM deprivation.
Shannon is terrified of spiders. To overcome her fear, she enters a program whereby she has to repeatedly go into a room that contains spiders. This therapy is known as __________
a. habituation b. flooding c. shaping d. discrimination