Psychology - Test Your UnderstandingEvery week on Monday, a handful of questions on a topic will be posted to help you revise, consolidate knowledge and help each other out! You can post your answers for feedback, as well as having the opportunity to give others feedback! (If you want to post anon you can PM me or any other member to post them for you)
I somehow managed to completely and utterly forget to update this thread last week so here are last weeks and this week's questions and the answers to Week 1.
Week 2This week we are going to be testing our knowledge of
stress!
This covers;
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sources of stress•
Selye's GAS Model (stress as a biological process)•
Lauzarous and Folkmans Transactional Model of Stress and Coping (stress as a psychological process)and
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coping with stress.For those using the Jacaranda or Edrolo textbook this is knowledge from Chapter 3
Week 2: Stress
Q1.According to Lazarus and Folkman’s Transactional Model of Stress and Coping, the type of stress that Sarah experienced when her grandmother died is
A. harm.
B. threat.
C. eustress.
D. challenge
[2011 VCAA Psychology Exam Section A Question 40
Q2.Explain one difference between eustress and distress
[2012 VCAA Psychology Exam Section B Question 9
Q3.Stella is 17 years old and undertaking her VCE. Stella is feeling overwhelmed by what Year 12 involves and has had difficulty sleeping during the school term. Her friend Audrey, however, is enjoying Year 12 and is finding the SACs
challenging but manageable.
In terms of primary appraisal in Lazarus and Folkman’s Transactional Model of Stress and Coping, explain why
Stella and Audrey have evaluated their situations differently (4 marks)
[2011 VCAA Psychology Exam Section B Question 3a
Q4.Taiga’s wife lost her job and Taiga had to start working 60 hours a week to make sure they could pay their bills.
During the next two months, Taiga experienced several viral infections. He went to his doctor, who said he was
suffering from stress.
Taiga’s recurring viral infections were most likely due to:
A. an increase in cortisol.
B. a decrease in cortisol.
C. a decrease in noradrenaline.
D. a decrease in allostatic load.
[2014 VCAA Psychology Exam Section A Question 33
Week 3This week we are going to be testing our knowledge of
neural basis of learning and memory!
This covers
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neural plasticity•
changes to connections between neurons (Long term potentiation and depression) and
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role of neurotransmitters and neurohormones (including the role of glutamate and adrenaline) For those using the Jacaranda or Edrolo textbook this is knowledge from Chapter 4
Week 3: Neural Basis of Learning and Memory
Q1.The neural development of newborn babies typically involves
A. no neural plasticity.
B. creation of new muscles.
C. creation of neural pathways.
D. a decrease in the number of neural pathways
[VCAA 2011 Psychology Exam Section A Q2]
Q2.Meredith was born into an English-speaking family and acquired the English language in the usual way. No other languages were spoken in the home. When Meredith started high school, she studied Italian as a second language.
In terms of brain plasticity, it is likely that Meredith’s developmental plasticity will
A. increase with age.
B. diminish with age.
C. remain constant over her life span.
D. enable her to acquire any language she is exposed to across her life span.
[VCAA 2011 Psychology Exam Section A Q4]
Q3.Neural plasticity in the brain is usually dependant on __________ synapses in the brain
A.glutamergic
B.dopaminergic
C.serontonergic
D.GABAergic
Q4.Distinguish longterm potentiation from long term depression (2 marks)
The answers, will be posted on Friday in this post, to allow everyone time to have a go and give and get feedback!
Also, if anyone wants to help on this thread let me know!
Week 1 Answers
Q1. A
Using the mnemonic SAME we can remember that Sensory neurons are afferent (towards the central nervous system, away from muscles and organs) and motor are Efferent (away from central nervous system towards muscles)
Q2. B
We know the parasympathetic nervous system is responsible for resting so it cant be C or D.
And excitement isn't voluntary like picking something up is so it must be autonomic
Q3. Any of the following:
(https://imgur.com/C8BDajG.png)
Q4. To gain the 3 marks the points needed are:
- spider (fear inducing stimulus) activated sympathetic nervous system
- prepared his body for a fight, flight or freeze response
- activated internal muscles, organs and glands by increasing heart and respiration rates, but reduces salivation as digestion is slowed down
Q5. A
Q6. D