VCE PSYCHOLOGY PRACTICE QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
Accuracy - ANSWER-how close a measurement is to the true
value of the quantity being measure
Action potential - ANSWER-an electrical impulse that travels
down the axon of a neuron
Acute stress - ANSWER-a form of stress characterised by
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Accuracy - ANSWER-how close a measurement is to the true
value of the quantity being measure
Action potential - ANSWER-an electrical impulse that travels
down the axon of a neuron
Acute stress - ANSWER-a form of stress characterised by
intense psychological and physiological symptoms that are brief
in duration
Adequate nutrition and hydration - ANSWER-when the type
and amount of food and drink that an individual consumes meet
their physical needs
Advanced sleep phase disorder (ASPD) - ANSWER-a type of
circadian rhythm sleep disorder in which sleep and waking
occur earlier than usual
Affective effects (relating to sleep deprivation) - ANSWER-the
changes in emotions and emotional responses that arise from
sleep deprivation
After conditioning - ANSWER-the third stage of classical
conditioning, during which the neutral stimulus becomes the
conditioned stimulus, producing a conditioned response
Agonists - ANSWER-a type of drug that imitates
neurotransmitters and works to initiate a neural response
,(excitatory or inhibitory) when it binds to the receptor sites of a
neuron
Aim - ANSWER-a statement outlining the purpose of an
investigation
Alarm reaction - ANSWER-the first stage of the General
Adaptation Syndrome involving the initial decrease and
subsequent increase in bodily arousal in response to an
immediate stressor
Allocation - ANSWER-the process of assigning participants to
experimental conditions
Altered state of consciousness (ASC) - ANSWER-a state of
consciousness that is distinctly different from normal waking
consciousness in terms of quality of experience and levels of
awareness
Ancestors (in relation to SEWB) - ANSWER-a belief that a
family and community's ancestors are interconnected with
Creation spirits and Country and watch over, guide, and protect
families and communities in the physical and spiritual world
Antecedent - ANSWER-the stimulus or event that precedes and
often elicits a particular behaviour
Anxiety - ANSWER-a psychological and physiological response
that involves feelings of worry and apprehension about a
perceived threat
Appraisal - ANSWER-an assessment or evaluation of stimuli
Approach strategies - ANSWER-coping strategies that directly
confront the source of the stress
,Attention (in relation to observational learning) - ANSWER-the
first stage of observational learning in which individuals actively
focus on the model's behaviour and the consequences of the
behaviour
Autonomic nervous system - ANSWER-a division of the
peripheral nervous system that regulates visceral muscles,
organs, and glands, and transmits neural messages to the
central nervous system about their activity
Avoidance strategies - ANSWER-coping strategies that evade
the stressor, seeking to indirectly reduce stress
Axon terminal (also known as terminal button) - ANSWER-the
end of a neuron that releases neurochemicals into the neural
synapse
Bar chart - ANSWER-a graph displaying the relationship
between at least two variables using rectangular bars with
heights or lengths proportional to the values they represent
Before conditioning - ANSWER-the first stage of classical
conditioning, during which the neutral stimulus has no
associations and therefore does not produce any significant
response
Behaviour (in relation to operant conditioning) - ANSWER-the
voluntary actions that occur in the presence of the antecedent
Behavioural effects (relating to sleep deprivation) - ANSWER-
the changes in actions and the ability to control them that arise
from sleep deprivation
Behaviourist approaches to learning - ANSWER-theories that
propose learning occurs by interacting with the external
environment
, Beneficence - ANSWER-the commitment to maximising
benefits and minimising the risks and harms involved in taking
a particular position or course of action
Benign-positive - ANSWER-an initial appraisal of a stimulus as
neutral or good that does not cause stress for the individual
Benzodiazepines - ANSWER-a type of medication that
depresses central nervous system activity and is often used as
a short-acting anti-anxiety medication
Between-subjects design (also known as independent-groups
design or between-groups design) - ANSWER-an experimental
design in which individuals are divided into different groups and
complete only one experimental condition
Biological factors - ANSWER-internal, genetic, and/or
physiologically based factors
Biological protective factors (in relation to mental wellbeing) -
ANSWER-influences that stem from an individual's brain and/or
body that can maintain or promote mental wellbeing
Biological rhythms - ANSWER-repeated biological processes
that are regulated by internal mechanisms
Biopsychosocial approach - ANSWER-a holistic,
interdisciplinary framework for understanding the human
experience in terms of the influence of biological, psychological,
and social factors
Blood alcohol concentration (BAC) - ANSWER-a measure of
how much alcohol is in a person's bloodstream
Blue light (in relation to zeitgebers) - ANSWER-a type of light
that can be emitted both naturally and artificially
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