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COGSCI 115 - midterm sec 2 UPDATED ACTUAL Exam Questions and CORRECT Answers epigenetics - CORRECT ANSWER environmental factors & experience MAOA - CORRECT ANSWER warrior gene genetically based traits can be modified by (monoamine oxidase A) - 1/3 people have low activity MAOA + high aggression

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11 pages

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Cogsci 115 Midterm Section 8 – Development UPDATED ACTUAL Exam Questions and CORRECT Answers Define epigenetics - CORRECT ANSWER Genetically based traits can be modified by environment and experience, as genes can be turned on or off what is MAOA (monoamine exidase A) and what behavior is associated with it? - CORRECT ANSWER MAOA is associated with aggression, often called the "warrior gene" What fraction of the population has the low activity form of MAOA, and w...

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COGSCI 115 MIDTERM UPDATED ACTUAL Exam Questions and CORRECT Answers single cell recording - CORRECT ANSWER function microelectrode is placed close to individual neuron to record discharge of action potentials in the cell used to identify neurons that respond to particular stimuli ex: mirror neurons fire when monkey grasps food and when the money observes experimenter

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37 pages

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COGSCI 115 Midterm 1 UPDATED ACTUAL Exam Questions and CORRECT Answers Reuptake - CORRECT ANSWER When transporters located in the pre-synaptic membrane transport the molecules of neurotransmitter back into the cytoplasm Most common method of termination of postsynaptic potential SSRIs block reuptake of serotonin, making more of it available at the synaptic gap and increasing serotonergic activity neurogenesis - CORRECT ANSWER myelin sheath - CORRECT ANSWER neural...

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12 pages

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Cogsci 115 Neuropsychology of Happiness Final Exam Study UPDATED ACTUAL Exam Questions and CORRECT Answers What brain regions were significantly activated pre treatment in patients with spider phobia? - CORRECT ANSWER Right dorsolateral prefrontal cortex (DLPFC) and parahippocampal gyrus What challenges prevent the use of optogenetics for depression treatment in humans? - CORRECT ANSWER - Genetic engineering is required to produce opsins in neurons. - Microinjection of vir...

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25 pages

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COGSCI 115 Final - UC Berkeley UPDATED ACTUAL Exam Questions and CORRECT Answers Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) & Related Techniques - CORRECT ANSWER focuses on changing maladaptive thinking1 . Newer forms of CBT focus on changing one's relationship to maladaptive thinking1 . "Taking in the Good" - CORRECT ANSWER CBT involves holding positive experiences in awareness2 . The longer something is held in awareness and the more emotionally stimulating it is, t...

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29 pages

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UC Berkeley CogSci 1 Midterm Summer UPDATED ACTUAL Exam Questions and CORRECT Answers What is Cognitive Science? - CORRECT ANSWER and intelligence. Cognition as information processing manipulation of representations Phineas Gage (Case Study) - CORRECT ANSWER interdisciplinary study of the mind Phineas Gage: railroad worker who survived a brain injury that changed his personality and behavior; case study examined the localization of brain function: frontal lobe contro...

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31 pages

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COGSCI 115 Midterm - UC Berkeley UPDATED ACTUAL Exam Questions and CORRECT Answers Prefrontal Cortex (PFC) - CORRECT ANSWER emotional control, and self-referential mental activity Involved in planning, judgment, Anterior Cingulate Cortex (ACC) - CORRECT ANSWER Integrates cognitive and affective information, processes conflicting information, and plays a role in awareness, selective attention, pain perception, and impulse control Insula - CORRECT ANSWER Important f...

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23 pages

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Cogsci 1 UC Berkeley Summer 2025 Final UPDATED ACTUAL Exam Questions and CORRECT Answers Expert Systems - CORRECT ANSWER Computerized advisory programs that imitate the reasoning processes of experts in solving difficult problems. (like MYCIN at Stanford in the early 1970's). It was more accurate than human experts. decision trees - CORRECT ANSWER Diagrams where answers to yes or no questions lead decision makers to address additional questions until they reach the en...

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COGSCI 115 Final UPDATED Exam Questions and CORRECT Answers Emotions and information processing - CORRECT ANSWER information processing throughout the entire brain Memory reconsolidation - CORRECT ANSWER Emotions greatly affect Whenever we retrieve a memory, the brain rewrites it a bit; it is slightly altered chemically by a new protein synthesis that links it to our present concerns and understanding Priming study (2006) - CORRECT ANSWER Accessing positive construc...

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17 pages

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COGSCI 115 UPDATED Exam Questions and CORRECT Answers Blackwell and Dweck: Study 1 results - CORRECT ANSWER --students mainly minority --exp group with special module on how intelligence can be improved showed more improvement in grades/skills and worked harder --ex of growth mindset --those with cultural reasons to be anxious were most affected by message (girls & maths) programs to develop growth mindsets are most beneficial in students with ___ - CORRECT ANSWER low socioeco...

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14 pages

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Cogsci 115 Midterm Section 9 – Neuroplasticity UPDATED ACTUAL Exam Questions and CORRECT Answers Which concepts are promoted by the idea of neuroplasticity? a. external locus of control and fixed mindset b. internal locus of control and fixed mindset c. external locus of control and growth mindset d. internal locus of control and growth mindset - CORRECT ANSWER d

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4 pages

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