AQA A Level Psychology:
Biopsychology EXAM QUESTIONS
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fMRI - ANSWER ✓ Measures brain activity in specific areas by detecting
associated changes in blood flow.
EEG - ANSWER ✓ A record of the brain wave patterns produced by millions of
neurons, producing characteristic patterns.
ERPs - ANSWER ✓ Isolating specific responses of neurons to specific stimuli or
tasks.
Post mortem examinations - ANSWER ✓ Correlating behaviours before death
with brain structures after death.
Circadian rhythms. - ANSWER ✓ Have cycles that generally occur once every
24hrs.
Infradian rhythms - ANSWER ✓ Have cycles that occur less than once every day.
Ultradian rhythms - ANSWER ✓ Have cycles that occur more than once every 24
hours.
Biological rhythm - ANSWER ✓ Distinct patterns of changes in biological
activity that conform to cyclical time periods.
Siffre study - ANSWER ✓ spent extended periods underground. Deprived of
exposure to natural light and sound, but with access to adequate food and drink.
His biological rhythm settled down to one that was just beyond the usual 24 hours.
, Aschoff and Wever - ANSWER ✓ Participants spent 4 weeks in a WWII bunker
deprived of natural light. All but one of the participants displayed a circadian
rhythm between 24 and 25 hours.
Folkard et al. - ANSWER ✓ 12 people lived in a cave. Researchers sped up the
clock so a 24-hour day lasted 22 hours. No participants were able to adjust to the
new regime.
The sleep/wake cycle - ANSWER ✓ The fact that we feel drowsy when it's night-
time and alert during the day demonstrates the affect of daylight - an important
exogenous zeitgber - on our sleep/wake cycle.
Exogenous zeitgebers - ANSWER ✓ External cues in the environment that entrain
our endogenous rhythms.
Endogenous pacemakers - ANSWER ✓ Internal body clocks that regulate many of
our biological rhythms.
Seasonal affective disorder - SAD - ANSWER ✓ Depression associated with
seasonal changes, usually the onset of winter and decreased darkness.
Stages of sleep - ANSWER ✓ 90-minute cycles during sleep brain, sleep escalator
from stage 1 to 5 and REM. Brain wave activity changes.
What happens in stage 1 of sleep? - ANSWER ✓ Light sleep; person can be easily
woken. Theta waves in stage 1; person in light sleep and can easily be woken.
What happens in stage 2 of sleep? - ANSWER ✓ Sleep spindles, theta waves and
mixed EEG activity. Light sleep where person can be easily woken.
What waves are present in stage 3 and 4 of sleep? - ANSWER ✓ Involves delta
waves that are slower and greater amplitude than earlier wave patterns. This is
deep sleep/slow wave sleep and it's difficult to rouse somebody at this point.
Rapid eye movement (REM sleep) - ANSWER ✓ A kind of sleep that occurs at
intervals during the night and is characterised by rapid eye movements, more
dreaming and bodily movement, and faster pulse and breathing.
Biopsychology EXAM QUESTIONS
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fMRI - ANSWER ✓ Measures brain activity in specific areas by detecting
associated changes in blood flow.
EEG - ANSWER ✓ A record of the brain wave patterns produced by millions of
neurons, producing characteristic patterns.
ERPs - ANSWER ✓ Isolating specific responses of neurons to specific stimuli or
tasks.
Post mortem examinations - ANSWER ✓ Correlating behaviours before death
with brain structures after death.
Circadian rhythms. - ANSWER ✓ Have cycles that generally occur once every
24hrs.
Infradian rhythms - ANSWER ✓ Have cycles that occur less than once every day.
Ultradian rhythms - ANSWER ✓ Have cycles that occur more than once every 24
hours.
Biological rhythm - ANSWER ✓ Distinct patterns of changes in biological
activity that conform to cyclical time periods.
Siffre study - ANSWER ✓ spent extended periods underground. Deprived of
exposure to natural light and sound, but with access to adequate food and drink.
His biological rhythm settled down to one that was just beyond the usual 24 hours.
, Aschoff and Wever - ANSWER ✓ Participants spent 4 weeks in a WWII bunker
deprived of natural light. All but one of the participants displayed a circadian
rhythm between 24 and 25 hours.
Folkard et al. - ANSWER ✓ 12 people lived in a cave. Researchers sped up the
clock so a 24-hour day lasted 22 hours. No participants were able to adjust to the
new regime.
The sleep/wake cycle - ANSWER ✓ The fact that we feel drowsy when it's night-
time and alert during the day demonstrates the affect of daylight - an important
exogenous zeitgber - on our sleep/wake cycle.
Exogenous zeitgebers - ANSWER ✓ External cues in the environment that entrain
our endogenous rhythms.
Endogenous pacemakers - ANSWER ✓ Internal body clocks that regulate many of
our biological rhythms.
Seasonal affective disorder - SAD - ANSWER ✓ Depression associated with
seasonal changes, usually the onset of winter and decreased darkness.
Stages of sleep - ANSWER ✓ 90-minute cycles during sleep brain, sleep escalator
from stage 1 to 5 and REM. Brain wave activity changes.
What happens in stage 1 of sleep? - ANSWER ✓ Light sleep; person can be easily
woken. Theta waves in stage 1; person in light sleep and can easily be woken.
What happens in stage 2 of sleep? - ANSWER ✓ Sleep spindles, theta waves and
mixed EEG activity. Light sleep where person can be easily woken.
What waves are present in stage 3 and 4 of sleep? - ANSWER ✓ Involves delta
waves that are slower and greater amplitude than earlier wave patterns. This is
deep sleep/slow wave sleep and it's difficult to rouse somebody at this point.
Rapid eye movement (REM sleep) - ANSWER ✓ A kind of sleep that occurs at
intervals during the night and is characterised by rapid eye movements, more
dreaming and bodily movement, and faster pulse and breathing.
