practise questions

Question 1

anticipatory nausea and vomitting is an example of what

Answer 1

classical inhibition - sights smells and thoughts preceding treatment are potent conditional stimuli

Question 2

negative reinforcement is what

Answer 2

the avoidance of an aversive event

Question 3

the sound system and combination rule for meaningful speech are called what

Answer 3

phonology

Question 4

what is the worse method for changing students attitudes towards smoking

Answer 4

showing graphic photos - the best method is to ban it from place

Question 5

which scientist is associated with the concepts of a language acquisition device and universal grammar

Answer 5

chomsky

Question 6

what are examples of pain assessment devices

Answer 6

pain thermometer
mcgill pain questionnaire
visual analogue scales

Question 7

what is TENS

Answer 7

is used in pain relief - transcutaneous electrical nerve stimulation

Question 8

what is an example of indirect discrimination

Answer 8

not allowing someone in the GP practise due to hem being blind and having a dog - the dog is not allowed on the premises

Question 9

what is the role of the amygdala

Answer 9

rapid processing of fear - has a protective function

Question 10

what are the defining characteristics of social norms

Answer 10

shared beliefs regarding appropriate conduct
behaviours that characterise groups
the basis for interventions to reduce young peoples alcohol and drug use

Question 11

what is required before a person engages in an illness behaviour

Answer 11

symptom perception

Question 12

what are the differences in gender abilities

Answer 12

non - recent meta analysis show few gender differences in abilities, attitudes and behaviour

Question 13

what is the james lange theory of emotion

Answer 13

physiological changes produce emotions

Question 14

which theory proposes that health inequalities can be largely eradicated by encouraging people in low socioeconomic classes to change to a healthier life style

Answer 14

individual/behavioural

Question 15

what is the most common cause of insomnia

Answer 15

depression and anxiety account for 80% of insomnia in the general population

Question 16

what is binocular disparity

Answer 16

the two views of the world produced by two intact eyes that the brain integrates for 3D perception

Question 17

what does the social impact of a set of individuals on a single target person increase with

Answer 17

number and immediacy - lateness law of social impact suggest their strength also affected has an impact on a single target

Question 18

in adult life what are the majority of experiences

Answer 18

mostly negative life events

Question 19

at 6 months old who is a child more likely to be attached to

Answer 19

the mother is she is the primary care giver

started to develop multiple attachments tho

Question 20

what are the 4 D’s of defining psychological abnormality

Answer 20

distressing
deviance
dysfunctional
dangerous

Question 21

according to the UN what are some markers of absolute poverty

Answer 21

information deprivation
insufficient calories
lack of maternity care

Question 22

what is absolute poverty

Answer 22

severe deprivation of basic human needs not the level of income

Question 23

what is relative poverty

Answer 23

low income compared to others in the county

Question 24

H and H on monkeys showed new borns preferred which one quality

Answer 24

comfort contact

Question 25

what does the general adaptation syndrome describe | who described it

Answer 25

GAS - general model of physiological response to stress - developed by han selye

Question 26

what are figure ground effects in perception

Answer 26

basic level of perceptual organisation

Question 27

negative feelings about a group are best described as

Answer 27

negatie stereotypes

Question 28

which area of competence is most closely associated with global self-esteem in adolescents

Answer 28

physical appearance

Question 29

what causes expressive aphasia

Answer 29

damage to broca's area

Question 30

what causes receptive aphasia

Answer 30

damage to wernickes area

Question 31

recovery sleep following more than three nights of sleep deprivation shows total sleep time recovered to be what percentage

Answer 31

30% - around a third of total sleep lost is recovered and there is selective recovery of certain types of sleep

Question 32

is self harm more common in young or old people

Answer 32

young but suicide shows the opposite trend and more common in the older population

Question 33

is there a big gender difference is self harm

Answer 33

no but more prevalent in teenage girls

Question 34

what is the WAIS a measure of

Answer 34

intelligence - wechsler adult intelligence scale for adult intelligence

Question 35

at what age will a child be able to show conservation of volume and what is this stage called

Answer 35

8 years old roughly | conservation marks the start of the concrete operational stage of cognitive development

Question 36

at what age would a child be cooing

Answer 36

around 6 weeks old - earliest forms of vocalisation which precedes babbling at 3-4 months

Question 37

when does telegraphic speech occur

Answer 37

20 months

Question 38

when does the basis of adult thinking start and what is it

Answer 38

formal operation stage starts at 11 years in most children

Question 39

what stage does dreaming occur

Answer 39

any stage but more common during REM

Question 40

which stages of sleep decrease with age

Answer 40

stages 3 and 4 as does total sleep time

Question 41

what stage is the entry to sleep from the conscious state

Answer 41

stage 1

Question 42

what is the difference between core sleep and optional sleep

Answer 42

core sleep is the first 5 hours of sleep | optional sleep is relatively more stage 2 and REM sleep

Question 43

what is sleep latency

Answer 43

the time taken for sleep onset to occur

Question 44

what is latency

Answer 44

the amount of time taken to initiate a behaviour

Question 45

what is semantic memory

Answer 45

used to store and recall general knowledge information

Question 46

what is echoic memory

Answer 46

verbally presented information remains briefly and is shown but recency effect in a serial position curve

Question 47

what is another term for episodic memory and what is it

Answer 47

autobiographical memory | used to recall events in which you were involved

Question 48

what is procedural memory

Answer 48

includes skills or behaviours that are practised and appear autonomic such as riding a bike - can still occur even during brain injury

Question 49

what is recency memory

Answer 49

persistence of information in short term memory stores