Question

MULTIPLE CHOICE. For each question, choose the best answer from the multiple choice options. When in doubt, trust your gut. Your gut is pretty smart. CONSCIOUSNESS,SLEEPANI)DREAMS 1. In the past month, Elmer has tried hard to stop his habit of smoking cigarettes. Elmer has been able to stop smoking, but it has required a lot of conscious self control. Now he wants to also resist eating the chewy, gooey, chocolate chip cookies that his roommates keep on the kitchen counter, something that he has never been able to do successfully in the past. According to research on self-control discussed in class, how successful do you think Elmer will be at his goal to resist the chocolate chip cookies? A) It is impossible to tell, because self-control in one task is unrelated to self-control in another. B) He will probably fail because smoking helps people maintain control over other tasks. C) He will probably fail at resisting the cookies, because consciousness is ever-changing and he won't remember anything he learned in the past. He will probably fail at resisting the cookies, because self-control is limited and he has probably been using it up by resisting the urge to smoke cigarettes. D) 2. Compared to automatic processing, controlled processing is relatively especially effective for solving fast; novel slow; novel fast; routine slow; routine and problems. A) B) C) D) As discussed in lecture, researchers from New York University were able to get students to walk more slowly down a hallway by having them complete word-searches that included many words about old people. Why did the people with the "elderly" word search walk more slowly? The "elderly" word search was more difficult, which made the students tired and lethargic. 3. A) B) The "elderly" word search contained the phrase "walk slowly", to which the students readi C) The "elderly" word search activated the concept of an old person, and this concept D) Students who complete the "elderly" word search knew that the researchers were measuri complied unconsciously affected their behavior. their walking speed, and felt like acting like a cranky old person.

Answer 1

1. The correct answer is Option D. He will probably fail because self control is limited.
2. The correct answer is Option B. Controlled processing is relatively slow and effective for solving novel problems.
3. The correct answer is Option C. The word activated the concept of an old person and this concept affected their behaviour.