2010 Psychology Exam 1 Discussion

[babygurl]

I thought it was a fairly decent exam.

How did you all go?

[rudaid]

i thought it was pretty good

[babygurl]

Yeah short answer was pretty straightforward, some MC questions were a bit dodgy, however overall wasn't too bad at all.

I take it the cut off this year is going to be higher than last years.

[Boots]

The difference between sensation and perception blew me away!

[babygurl]

Hmm, I think i picked the choice that said something along the lines perception involves congnition however sensation doesn't, I'm not sure of it's right or wrong...

[babygurl]

What stage of the GAS did most people write when she contracted the flu?

[cdjm92]

Considering the circumstances I'm in at the moment (FAIL-mode) i did extremely well. Its the first time Ive finished in time limit, answered every question, readable handwriting, and mostly correct!


Heres my answers (i wrote them down):
1A
2A
3A (or C?)
4D
5B
6B (? think i guessed this one)
7A
8A
9D
10D
11C
12C
13C
14D
15D
16C
17A
18D (or B?)
19C
20B
21B
22B
23S
24A
25C
26D
27C
28B
29C
30A
31B
32B
33D
34A
35B
36B
37B
38C
39C
40B
41A
42B
43C
44A


If you want my answers to short answer questions you better ask quick while my memories still fresh

Hope my answers help  Please post your own!

[rudaid]

resistance

[cdjm92]

What stage of the GAS did most people write when she contracted the flu?

Stage 2- was during the time she was working without the headaches etc (resistance)

[babygurl]

sweet , yeah I wrote resistence as well cause it asked when she "initially" contracted the flu, which would've been during stage 2, i.e. resistence as the adrenal glands secrete cortisol to fight the stressor, however the secretion causes the immune system to be depleted, which then lowers the body's resistence to other infectious illnesses, i.e. the flu.

[Hongld]

resistance too

What does the sympathetic system do in third stage of GAS ?
I had trouble with that one.

And multiple choice, the question about the guy that can say the word 'accident' but unable to verbally express meaningful word what did people put?
Broca's or Wernickes?

[rudaid]

resistance too

What does the sympathetic system do in third stage of GAS ?
I had trouble with that one.

And multiple choice, the question about the guy that can say the word 'accident' but unable to verbally express meaningful word what did people put?
Broca's or Wernickes?

I just said like the sympathetic NS will have depleted all of its resources in maintaining resistance to the stressors for an extended period of time and consequently in the exhaustion stage her bodily resources will have been depleted and she would be almost unable to combat stressors further

and I did Wernicke's area, because he could pronounce the word but not give it meaning

[cdjm92]

SympatheticNS role in stage 3 GAS:
because resources depleted can no longer maintain arousal...results in less arousal-->lowered ability to resist stressor

[babygurl]

I wrote something along the lines, the sympathetic nervous system would've been ineffective, as the body's resources have been depleted (due to secretion of cortisol) and it is unable to fight the stressor, as the body has collapsed mentally and pshyically.

Hmm I picked wernickes cause he was not able to express it in a meaningful way, as when a person a person has wernickes aphasia they are able to produce fluent and articulate speech yet what they say is largely meaningless.

[littlebecc]

fuck, i changed 'resistance' to exhaustion
The more i think about it the more i want to kill myself (not literally dw)