PSYC111 Past Test Questions with correct answers,

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What % of the night is spent in REM - CORRECT ANSWERS
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✔✔20%


In the Wagner sleep insight study what were patients explicitly
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told to do - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔Apply two rules to a string of
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digits to complete the task
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The brain circuits that support ICSS are the same ones that
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mediate - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔The pleasurable effects of
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naturally rewarding stimuli such as food, water and sex
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The release of neurotransmitters at the synapse is often
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triggered by - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔The arrival of an AP at the
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axon terminal |\




Godden and Baddeleys diving data would most likely show that -
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CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔Context is encoded as part of a memory
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trace


An increase in recall performance for earlier items in a serial
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position task is proposed to reflect enhanced recall of information
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from - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔Long term memory
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The primacy effect
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, Consolidation is the process by which memories are transferred
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from - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔Labile short term memory to more
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robust long term storage
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What did Fernando Alonso suffer from - CORRECT ANSWERS
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✔✔Retrograde amnesia |\




Periods of sleep that exhibit extensive REMs are most likely to -
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CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔Occur during the late half of the nights
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sleep


Melanopsis receptors in the retina are important for - CORRECT
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ANSWERS ✔✔Controlling circadian rhythms |\ |\ |\




When HM was presented with semantic knowledge questions
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what was the result - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔His performance
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was equivalent to age-matched controls
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How can dream length be measured against sleep time -
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CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔Waking participants after a period of REM
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and asking how long they remember the dream duration
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Which are more numerous - Rods or cones - CORRECT ANSWERS
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✔✔Rods


Which are more sensitive to light - Rods or cones - CORRECT
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ANSWERS ✔✔Rods |\