Psych U4 Q's Thread!

[monkeywantsabanana]

Sorry, neglect what i said about Question 14,in fact i deleted it. I agreed with you but then i argued for the wrong thing, typical. I think you're right.

[playsimme]

But in the practice exams VCAA make it explicitly clear that Discriminative stimulus - BEHAVIOUR - consequence should be the three-phase model. The purple book is stupid for even putting SRS thats confusing as hell
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The stress response underpins anxiety.. like think about it. Why are we scared of a phobic stimulus? It's cause of the stress response which is saved in the amygdala

[REBORN]

B is the most correct answer definitely but C is an acceptable interpretation.

[pas0005]

which has the highest inter-rater reliability, the categorical approach or dimensional approach?

[REBORN]

No concrete answer is given by any VCE textbook that I know of but I'd say categorical.

[pas0005]

that's really frustrating because they have it on the vcaa practice exam.

and for bandura's 1963b what did the boys who watched the aggressive model punished learn? I just said their responses had little difference than the girls.

[Zafaraaaa]

Which of these is  a better (and more mark-worthy) definition for synapse:

a) The site of communication between two neurons onto which the neurotransmitter is released
b) The site of communication where the terminal button of the pre-synaptic neuron attaches to the dendrite of the post-synaptic neuron to enable messages to be transmitted to each other

Thanks!

[REBORN]

Personally I don't like a) or b). Here's c)

The synapse is a site of communication between adjacent neurons that consists of three components; the synaptic gap, the pre-synaptic neuron which releases a neurotransmitter and the post-synaptic neuron which receives the neurotransmitter.

[harlequinphoenix]

But in the practice exams VCAA make it explicitly clear that Discriminative stimulus - BEHAVIOUR - consequence should be the three-phase model. The purple book is stupid for even putting SRS thats confusing as hell
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The stress response underpins anxiety.. like think about it. Why are we scared of a phobic stimulus? It's cause of the stress response which is saved in the amygdala

Yeah i kind of thought of it that way. Like if we didn't physically have panic attacks and stuff we wouldn't get so hyped up about something and wouldn't have a phobia of it. Is that what you're getting at? It says something like the stress response accounts for many symptoms of anxiety, which seems to basically be saying the reaction we have causes the anxiety... i've been trying to get my head around it

[mjwalka]

which has the highest inter-rater reliability, the categorical approach or dimensional approach?

Dimensional Approach, because of confusion of terms etc with Categorical in different countries and such.

[playsimme]

Ya harlequin ur correct 4 thinking that. The basis of a phobia is due to the response to it. Like for example, a phobia to a spider would NOT be considered a phobia IF we DIDNT have a panic attack of physiological arousal to a spider. So basically, it's the response to it which causes the problems associated with phobias; eg; palpitations from a speeding heart.. and etc

[playsimme]

Which of these is  a better (and more mark-worthy) definition for synapse:

a) The site of communication between two neurons onto which the neurotransmitter is released
b) The site of communication where the terminal button of the pre-synaptic neuron attaches to the dendrite of the post-synaptic neuron to enable messages to be transmitted to each other

Thanks!

A) --> correct me if i'm wrong, but B) is implying that neurons connect (connect as in, physically touch..), which is simply untrue. that's my interpretation. So the best answers most definitely A

[pas0005]

this may sound like a stupid question but is cbt a form of psychotherapy? or is psychodynamic psychotherapy the only type of psychotherapy? =)

[mjwalka]

Hey guys, in regards to STAV 2011, reinforcement is the only type of consequences that is effective on a partial ratio right? Because in the STAV is suggests that punishment can be applied on a variable ratio as well?
(Question 16 M.C)

Thanks people.

[harlequinphoenix]

thanks playsimme
guys, this question in the grivas chapter 13 multiple choice test: when using CBT in the treatment of a phobia, the mental health professional will focus on:
a) specific environmental triggers
b) unconscious conflicts
c) cognitive biases
d) medications that alleviate anxiety

I said C of course, and it's apparently D??