1. I cannot remember where I was when I first heard about the 9/11 attacks. No matter how hard I try to remember this information, I cannot do so. Assuming that the information for where I was when I first heard about the 9/11 attacks is still somewhere in my mind, we would say that it is at the

A. unconscious level.
B. preconscious level.
C. conscious level.

2. Tom was unable to remember the name of his best friend in third grade. He kept trying for an hour, but just could not recall his friend's name. Finally, he found the class picture from third grade. and recognized his friend's name immediately as soon as he saw it. Before Tom looked at the class picture, the memory for his friend's name was at the

A. unconscious level.
B. preconscious level.
C. conscious level.

3. Devlin wasn't aware that he had been hurt while playing football until someone asked him about the cut on his arm, after which he immediately felt the pain. Until Devlin was asked about the cut on his arm, the sensations of pain most likely were at the

A. unconscious level.
B. preconscious level.
C. conscious level.

4. Which of the following is an example of the cocktail-party phenomenon?

A. Mike didn't hear what Dilip said to him at the meeting and asked him to repeat it.
B. Carol was talking to Mike but started to listen to Dilip when she heard him say her name to somebody else.
C. Bonnie started to talk to Mike after Carol stopped listening to him at the meeting.
D. none of the above.

5. Which of the following is an example of information at the preconscious level moving to the conscious level?

A. John is afraid of spiders because a spider bit him when he was a toddler, even though he doesn't remember the incident.
B. John noticed a spider crawling on his desk and screamed while running out of his office.
C. Just after seeing a spider in his office, John remembered that he had seen a spider a few hours before in his kitchen.
D. John decided to go to therapy in order to deal with his intense fear of spiders.

6. Which of the following is an example of information at the unconscious level affecting someone's conscious behaviors, emotions, and/or cognitions?

A. John is afraid of spiders because a spider bit him when he was a toddler, even though he doesn't remember the incident.
B. John noticed a spider crawling on his desk and screamed while running out of his office.
C. Just after seeing a spider in his office, John remembered that he had seen a spider a few hours before in his kitchen.
D. John decided to go to therapy in order to deal with his intense fear of spiders.

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