PSYC111 EXAM QUESTIONS WITH
COMPLETE SOLUTIONS
When curare blocks the action of a neurotransmitter by occupying its
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receptor sites it is acting as - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-A. an antagonist
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Which of the following neurotransmitters has been implicated in both
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Parkinson's disease and schizophrenia? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-A.
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dopamine
Mary failed the knee jerk reflex test - this failure may indicate problems
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in: - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-D. reflex pathways in the spinal cord
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Tetrodotoxin (TTX) is a neurotoxin because - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-D. it
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blocks the ion channels that control action potential generation
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Craik and Tulving ran a study comparing shallow and deep processes. An
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example of deep processing would require you to: - CORRECT
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ANSWER✔✔-C. determine whether 'flower' made sense in a sentence
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about petals |
, In memory, elaboration is the process of: - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-A.
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linking the stimulus to other information at the time of encoding
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Based on Godden and Baddeley's (1975) 'diving' data the best place to
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study for an exam is likely: - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-D. in a context that
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is similar to the exam environment
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Peterson and Peterson (1959) showed that: - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-C.
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memories decay within about 20 seconds if rehearsal is prevented
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Consolidation is a hypothetical process by which memories are | | | | | | | | |
transferred from: - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-C. labile short-term storage
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to more robust long-term storage
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In an example presented in class, a gentleman attacked in an Auckland
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park suffered from __________ after the assault. - CORRECT
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ANSWER✔✔-C. retrograde amnesia | |
Your knowledge that Paris is the capital of France is an example of: -
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CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-A. semantic memory | | |
Studies can test whether time experienced in a dream is equivalent to
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actual time by __________ and asking them about their estimate of the
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COMPLETE SOLUTIONS
When curare blocks the action of a neurotransmitter by occupying its
| | | | | | | | | | |
receptor sites it is acting as - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-A. an antagonist
| | | | | | | | | |
Which of the following neurotransmitters has been implicated in both
| | | | | | | | | |
Parkinson's disease and schizophrenia? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-A.
| | | | | | |
dopamine
Mary failed the knee jerk reflex test - this failure may indicate problems
| | | | | | | | | | | | |
in: - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-D. reflex pathways in the spinal cord
| | | | | | | | |
Tetrodotoxin (TTX) is a neurotoxin because - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-D. it
| | | | | | | | |
blocks the ion channels that control action potential generation
| | | | | | | | |
Craik and Tulving ran a study comparing shallow and deep processes. An
| | | | | | | | | | |
example of deep processing would require you to: - CORRECT
| | | | | | | | | | |
ANSWER✔✔-C. determine whether 'flower' made sense in a sentence
| | | | | | | | |
about petals |
, In memory, elaboration is the process of: - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-A.
| | | | | | | | | |
linking the stimulus to other information at the time of encoding
| | | | | | | | | |
Based on Godden and Baddeley's (1975) 'diving' data the best place to
| | | | | | | | | | | |
study for an exam is likely: - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-D. in a context that
| | | | | | | | | | | | |
is similar to the exam environment
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Peterson and Peterson (1959) showed that: - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-C.
| | | | | | | | |
memories decay within about 20 seconds if rehearsal is prevented
| | | | | | | | |
Consolidation is a hypothetical process by which memories are | | | | | | | | |
transferred from: - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-C. labile short-term storage
| | | | | | | |
to more robust long-term storage
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In an example presented in class, a gentleman attacked in an Auckland
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park suffered from __________ after the assault. - CORRECT
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ANSWER✔✔-C. retrograde amnesia | |
Your knowledge that Paris is the capital of France is an example of: -
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CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-A. semantic memory | | |
Studies can test whether time experienced in a dream is equivalent to
| | | | | | | | | | | |
actual time by __________ and asking them about their estimate of the
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