Exam 4: Cognition: Sensation, Perception, and States of Consciousness

Studies show that people from Asian cultures including China, Japan, and Korea, pay more attention to the center of pictures than people from Western cultures who pay more attention to contexts and backgrounds of pictures.

Studies of color preferences showed that women across countries tend to choose and like _____________compared to other colors.

How are aesthetical standards defined in countries where the governments restrain the free flow of information?

Research suggests that residents of large metropolitan cities, in general, tend to be more susceptible to near-death and other out of body experiences.

In which country does the official calendar start at the birthday of this country's late communist leader?

Every evening, Henry turns off the lights in his small apartment, sits in front of the window, and experiences a quiet state of tranquility during which he achieves an integration of his thoughts, perceptions, and attitudes. Henry's roommates mistakenly call this hypnosis. What do psychologists call this experience?

In Taiwan, the official calendar starts in 1912, the year of the founding of the Republic of China.

Which of the following most accurately reflects the language-related theories of color perception?

A(n) ________ is a mental representation that orients people to dimensions such as time, space, and the interpersonal world.

Studies suggest that individuals from hunter and gatherer cultures have _______ rates of color blindness than/as individuals from agricultural cultures.

In the dream study conducted on a sample of Zulu South Africans, subjects with less education were more likely to consult with dream interpreters and act in response to dreams than were their more educated counterparts.

The organization of sensations in three dimensions, even though the image on the eye's retina is two-dimensional is referred to as:

_________ is a quiet and relaxed state of tranquility in which a person achieves an integration of emotions, attitudes, and thoughts.

Research suggests that residents of large metropolitan cities, in general, tend to be more susceptible to near-death and other out of body experiences.

Some intriguing perceptual differences were found in comparative studies of Weston and East Asian subjects. East Asians tend to be more holistic and Westerners tend to be more _______.

The text distinguishes between two types of trances; visionary and _________

_______ refers to the tendency of the sensory system to respond less to stimuli that continue without change.

Subjects from regions with __________________were more susceptible to the horizontal-vertical illusion than subjects from regions in which such views are rare.

What is the distinction between monophasic and polyphasic interpretations of dreams?

People in monophasic cultures tend to interpret their dreams as: