PYC 3703 Exam Questions and Answers with Complete Solutions 100% Pass
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PYC 3703 Exam Questions and Answers with Complete Solutions 100% Pass
The hippocampus contains high concentration of (a) __________ which is a neurotransmitter, and appears to play a role in (b)____ - Answers Aceltylcholine
Memory
Which of the following neurotransmitters has been specifically l...
PYC 3703 Exam Questions and Answers with Complete Solutions 100% Pass
The hippocampus contains high concentration of (a) __________ which is a neurotransmitter, and
appears to play a role in (b)____ - Answers Aceltylcholine
Memory
Which of the following neurotransmitters has been specifically linked to both increased aggression and
loss of appetite?
Acetylcholine
Serotonin
Glutamine
Gaba - Answers Serotonin
Mrs K has incurred brain damage and is now unaware of objects on her left side. Which functional
section of her cortex is probably damaged? - Answers Visual Cortex
The ______ is the part of the brain that develops prenatally and is evolutionally the oldest part of the
brain. - Answers Hindbrain
In their study on retrieval based learning, Roediger and Karpicke found that repeated testing during
practice produced....initial recall and a...... drop in recall over a week's time - Answers Inferior, slow
Which of the following is a criticism of analytic introspection - Answers It produces variable results from
person to person
Which of the following events is most closely associated with a resurgence in interest in the mind within
the study of psychology? - Answers Skinner's publication of the book, Verbal Behaviour
Intermixing different topics within a particular domain during learning is called - Answers Interleaving
Sarah has experienced brain damage making it difficult for her to understand spatial layout. Which area
of her brain has most likely sustained damage - Answers Parahippocampal place area PPA
A 10 month old baby is interested in discovering different textures, comparing the touch sensations
between a soft blanket and a hard-wooden block. Tactile signals such as these are received by the ...lobe
- Answers Parietal
According to Tulvig, if you need to remember the name of a friend that you saw yesterday at the library,
you would be using ______ memory, whereas if you need to interpret the meaning of a sentence you
would be using _____ memory - Answers Episodic, semantic
, If researchers examining long - term memory tested only ____ they may have assumed that subjects had
not stored quite so many words, however, the comparison to ___&& showed that memory failures are
usually due to _____ and not to _____ failures. - Answers Cued recall
Free recall
Storage
Retrieval
Research shows that mood affects memory because psychologists have found that the depressed person
______ memories of _____ experiences. - Answers Easily retrieves
Previous unhappy memories
Question for above answers Suppose that people are asked to select between 2 AIDS vaccines which
one could be supplied to 1000 patients seriously at risk of dying from the virus. Vaccine A will be
moderately effective saving about 30% of the patients. Vaccine B has 0.38 probability of causing death
of the patients taking it but 0.62 probability that they will survive and recover completely.
Research suggests that confronted with these choices people will be inclined to select (a) ______
because the example illustrates the (b) _______ - Answers Vaccine A
The Framing Effect
When you engage in a deductive reasoning task,you - Answers Are drawing a definite conclusion on the
basis of one or more premises that are given as facts
An iguana is slower than a lizard. A lizard is slower than a python. Therefore, an iguana is slower than a
python. This is an example of a(n) - Answers Categorical syllogism
Which form of reasoning is used in solving analogies? - Answers Inductive
Marianne won an Olympic gold medal many years ago. Yet, she can still recall with great detail and
vividness standing on the podium, medal in hand. Which of the following options provides the most
appropriate explanation for her very vivid memory? - Answers The event was very emotional for her,
she acquired a 'flashbulb memory
Many studies have demonstrated that patients with pathological pain get real pain relief from placebos.
These findings are most often attributed to changes in patients' - - - - -.
1. expectations
2. attention
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