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

Some psychologists suggest that shamanic practices involving ritualistic trance influence ____________

Despite significant differences in the manifest content of dreams, the ______ content is believed to be comparable cross-culturally.

There is a popular perception about the main attributes of Western consciousness as being linear, pragmatic, and rational.

Studies of color preferences showed that women across countries tend to choose and like reddish colors while men have a preference for greenish-blue colors. How could you explain this from the evolutionary standpoint?

An individual's experience with the environment (for example, living in a mountainous area) shapes this individual's perception by creating perceptual sets. What are they?

In many non-Western musical traditions the idea of the note, as a stable, sustained pitch is foreign.

There is evidence that scanning patterns (scanning a text, for example) are subject to cultural variations. These variations are most closely linked with:

Numerous experiments have demonstrated that people generally have more difficulty judging pictures of faces of other ethnic groups compared to faces of their own group.

According to the text, what color is most likely to be described across cultures as "salient" and "active"?

Why do most Americans draw circles in a counter-clockwise direction?

The compensation hypothesis, involving sensory differences between African and European cultures, has not been supported by compelling empirical data.

American Indians and Alaska Natives report a _______prevalence of pain symptoms and painful conditions when compared with the general population of the United States.

Which of the following is least likely to be viewed as an Altered State of Consciousness?