AAMC MASTERDECK questions well
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variable ratio schedule - correct answer ✔✔leads to high response rates with no predictable pauses
diathesis stress model - correct answer ✔✔integrates the influence of biological predispositions and the
environment
beck's cognitive theory - correct answer ✔✔a person's thoughts, or cognitions, are a reflection of their
experiences and can shape how they perceive the world
rogers' humanistic theory - correct answer ✔✔says people are inherently good and we are self-
motivated to improve so we can reach self-actualization
opponent process model - correct answer ✔✔drug addiction is the result of a pairing of
emotional/physiological pleasure and the emotional/physiological symptoms associated with withdrawal
NREM3 - correct answer ✔✔deep sleep, regular breathing and heart rate, slow brain waves
encoding specificity effect - correct answer ✔✔enhanced memory when testing takes place under the
same conditions as learning
how do you study the structure of the brain - correct answer ✔✔through a CAT scan
social stigma is most commonly associated with - correct answer ✔✔an attribute that is devalued
competitive inhibitor - correct answer ✔✔vmax is unchanged and Km is increased
amino acid with the highest isoelectric point - correct answer ✔✔ARG
, uncompetitive inhibitors - correct answer ✔✔no change in km/vmax because the slope of the line is
unchanged
specific activity - correct answer ✔✔enzyme units per milligram of total protein in a solution
ectoderm - correct answer ✔✔nervous system and epidermis
mesoderm - correct answer ✔✔blood cells, connective tissues, kidney, heart, gonads
endoderm - correct answer ✔✔lining of digestive tubes and associated organs
adrenal medulla - correct answer ✔✔secretes epinephrine
zeroth order rate constant - correct answer ✔✔M*s-1
first order rate constant - correct answer ✔✔s-1
second order rate constant - correct answer ✔✔M-1s-1
saturated - correct answer ✔✔transporters are maxed out because there is no more space!! key words
beta decay - correct answer ✔✔emission of a positron or electron
When the cell needs glucose, glycogenolysis is upregulated, beginning with the activation of glycogen
phosphorylase. Glycogen phosphorylase catalyzes the production of which of the following molecules? -
correct answer ✔✔glucose-1-phosphate
schiff base - correct answer ✔✔contains an imine
answered already passed
variable ratio schedule - correct answer ✔✔leads to high response rates with no predictable pauses
diathesis stress model - correct answer ✔✔integrates the influence of biological predispositions and the
environment
beck's cognitive theory - correct answer ✔✔a person's thoughts, or cognitions, are a reflection of their
experiences and can shape how they perceive the world
rogers' humanistic theory - correct answer ✔✔says people are inherently good and we are self-
motivated to improve so we can reach self-actualization
opponent process model - correct answer ✔✔drug addiction is the result of a pairing of
emotional/physiological pleasure and the emotional/physiological symptoms associated with withdrawal
NREM3 - correct answer ✔✔deep sleep, regular breathing and heart rate, slow brain waves
encoding specificity effect - correct answer ✔✔enhanced memory when testing takes place under the
same conditions as learning
how do you study the structure of the brain - correct answer ✔✔through a CAT scan
social stigma is most commonly associated with - correct answer ✔✔an attribute that is devalued
competitive inhibitor - correct answer ✔✔vmax is unchanged and Km is increased
amino acid with the highest isoelectric point - correct answer ✔✔ARG
, uncompetitive inhibitors - correct answer ✔✔no change in km/vmax because the slope of the line is
unchanged
specific activity - correct answer ✔✔enzyme units per milligram of total protein in a solution
ectoderm - correct answer ✔✔nervous system and epidermis
mesoderm - correct answer ✔✔blood cells, connective tissues, kidney, heart, gonads
endoderm - correct answer ✔✔lining of digestive tubes and associated organs
adrenal medulla - correct answer ✔✔secretes epinephrine
zeroth order rate constant - correct answer ✔✔M*s-1
first order rate constant - correct answer ✔✔s-1
second order rate constant - correct answer ✔✔M-1s-1
saturated - correct answer ✔✔transporters are maxed out because there is no more space!! key words
beta decay - correct answer ✔✔emission of a positron or electron
When the cell needs glucose, glycogenolysis is upregulated, beginning with the activation of glycogen
phosphorylase. Glycogen phosphorylase catalyzes the production of which of the following molecules? -
correct answer ✔✔glucose-1-phosphate
schiff base - correct answer ✔✔contains an imine
