Topic 1
What is glutamate's effect on neurotransmission?
It makes an action potential more likely.
What structure is involved in transmission in a) hearing and b)seeing
a) auditory/acoustic nerve
b) optic nerve
After suffering a brain injury, a person has difficulty learning new motor skills.
Which part of the brain was most likely injured?
Cerebellum
How did Little Albert learn a fear response
A steel bar was struck when Albert touched the rat
Describe two functions of the peripheral nervous system.
The PNS sends sensory information to the CNS and receives command signals from the CNS that provide instructions to the body.
Identify the role of rods in the retina
Enable vision in low light
Describe the role of the hippocampus in memory formation.
Consolidation and memory transfer
Describe negative reinforcement
Encouraging behaviour by removing an unpleasant stimuli
Damage to Broca's area can result in Broca aphasia. What is a key indicator of this condition?
Producing halted, a grammatical speech
A hungry person walking through a shopping center interprets an ambiguous shadow on a billboard as a hamburger. This is an example of which psychological influence on visual perception?
Motivation
Which memory technique involves linking new information to existing knowledge?
Elaborative rehearsal
Describe stimulus generalisation
Responding to a similar stimuli as a previous learnt conditioned stimuli
What is the role of the basal ganglia in voluntary movement?
Channelling information to the primary motor cortex and blocking unwanted movements
When looking at a dotted outline of a circle where the gaps are relatively small, our brain mentally fills in those missing pieces to perceive a complete shape. Which Gestalt principle is demonstrated here?
Closure
Describe retrieval failure
Unable to access a memory
Describe extinction after operant conditioning
When the subject no longer responds appropriately after reinforcement has stopped.
Identify a symptom of Parkinson's disease and the neurotransmitter that is deficient in this condition.
Symptom: uncontrollable tremors
Neurotransmitter: dopamine
Which of the following correctly pairs a physical characteristic of a sound wave with its psychological (perceived) counterpart?
Amplitude and Loudness
Identify the components of the Working Model of Memory
Central executive, phonological loop, visuospatial sketchpad, episodic buffer
The sound of the bell