PSYC 100 Fall Exam 2024/2025 Exam
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Ads for a car air freshener claim that people have gone "noseblind",
meaning they are unaware of stinky smells in their cars. What is the term
for the process that leads to "noseblindness"?
- systematic desensitization
- habituation
- sensitization
- implicit integration
- implicit learning - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔Habituation
Why can experts remember more pieces of information than novices can? -
🧠 ANSWER ✔✔Experts are able to chunk the information together
Chloe has determined that she has 5 hours available to study for next
week's exam. How should she plan her study to maximize learning?
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,- Spend 5 hours studying in the middle of the week so no anxiety will
interfere
- Spread her study: 1 hour a day for 5 of the days and take 2 days off in
between study days
- Spend 5 hours studying right before the exam so no memory decay
occurs
- Spread her study: 3 hours the day before the exam and 2 hours the day of
the exam - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔Spread her study: 1 hour a day for 5 of the
days and take 2 days off in between study days
Aaron has been using heroin at his friend Luca's apartment. One night
Aaron takes the same dose of heroin when he is home alone, and nearly
dies from an overdose. Which phenomenon related to classical
conditioning explains why this happened?
- Pavlovian extinction
- stimulus discrimination
- stimulus generalization
- higher-order conditioning
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,- conditioned compensatory responses - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔conditioned
compensatory responses
The electrostatic charge within a neuron must reach the ______before the
neuron will fire - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔threshold of excitation
Why does the analogy of a car (for hormonal transmission) and a train (for
neural transmission) help explain their differences? - 🧠 ANSWER
✔✔Hormones can go many places, whereas neurons have to follow a
specific path
When looking at cognitive differences between the sexes, which of the
following would be the best conclusion?
- Females have better senses, and males better physical skills
- The differences in cognitive skills between the sexes is large
- There is more variation between sexes than within each sex
- Males and females do not learn the same way
- While there are differences, the differences are slight - 🧠 ANSWER
✔✔While there are differences, the differences are slight
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, Josephene has taken a drug in the last hour that increases activity in the
synapses between her neurons. The result was an increase in the overall
effect of specific neurotransmitters. What category of drug would this be? -
🧠 ANSWER ✔✔agonist
This system is generally engaged in "fight or flight" functions:
-the somatic nervous system
-the parasympathetic nervous system
-the sympathetic nervous system
-the autonomic nervous system
-the peripheral nervous system - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔sympathetic nervous
system
13-year old Lala is taken to the doctor when their parents recognize that
they are having symptoms related to their movement and posture. The
doctor sends Lala to a neurologist, who orders an MRI of Lala's brain. The
doctor is not surprised to find out that Lala has a small growth on their
______, and speaks to Lala's parents about how this will be treated so that
Lala's symptoms will resolve - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔cerebellum
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Questions and Answers | A+ Score
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Ads for a car air freshener claim that people have gone "noseblind",
meaning they are unaware of stinky smells in their cars. What is the term
for the process that leads to "noseblindness"?
- systematic desensitization
- habituation
- sensitization
- implicit integration
- implicit learning - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔Habituation
Why can experts remember more pieces of information than novices can? -
🧠 ANSWER ✔✔Experts are able to chunk the information together
Chloe has determined that she has 5 hours available to study for next
week's exam. How should she plan her study to maximize learning?
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,- Spend 5 hours studying in the middle of the week so no anxiety will
interfere
- Spread her study: 1 hour a day for 5 of the days and take 2 days off in
between study days
- Spend 5 hours studying right before the exam so no memory decay
occurs
- Spread her study: 3 hours the day before the exam and 2 hours the day of
the exam - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔Spread her study: 1 hour a day for 5 of the
days and take 2 days off in between study days
Aaron has been using heroin at his friend Luca's apartment. One night
Aaron takes the same dose of heroin when he is home alone, and nearly
dies from an overdose. Which phenomenon related to classical
conditioning explains why this happened?
- Pavlovian extinction
- stimulus discrimination
- stimulus generalization
- higher-order conditioning
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,- conditioned compensatory responses - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔conditioned
compensatory responses
The electrostatic charge within a neuron must reach the ______before the
neuron will fire - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔threshold of excitation
Why does the analogy of a car (for hormonal transmission) and a train (for
neural transmission) help explain their differences? - 🧠 ANSWER
✔✔Hormones can go many places, whereas neurons have to follow a
specific path
When looking at cognitive differences between the sexes, which of the
following would be the best conclusion?
- Females have better senses, and males better physical skills
- The differences in cognitive skills between the sexes is large
- There is more variation between sexes than within each sex
- Males and females do not learn the same way
- While there are differences, the differences are slight - 🧠 ANSWER
✔✔While there are differences, the differences are slight
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, Josephene has taken a drug in the last hour that increases activity in the
synapses between her neurons. The result was an increase in the overall
effect of specific neurotransmitters. What category of drug would this be? -
🧠 ANSWER ✔✔agonist
This system is generally engaged in "fight or flight" functions:
-the somatic nervous system
-the parasympathetic nervous system
-the sympathetic nervous system
-the autonomic nervous system
-the peripheral nervous system - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔sympathetic nervous
system
13-year old Lala is taken to the doctor when their parents recognize that
they are having symptoms related to their movement and posture. The
doctor sends Lala to a neurologist, who orders an MRI of Lala's brain. The
doctor is not surprised to find out that Lala has a small growth on their
______, and speaks to Lala's parents about how this will be treated so that
Lala's symptoms will resolve - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔cerebellum
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