In what stage of the GAS model is cortisol released?
Alarm Reaction
Identify the neurotransmitter that stimulates dendritic branching.
Glutamate
Outline the main advantage of a repeated measures design.
Identify two physiological responses that occur during sympathetic nervous system activation and explain how they aid survival.
Outline one difference between observational learning and operant conditioning.
Reinforcement occurs vicariously during observational learning whereas it occurs directly during operant conditioning.
What is an experiment?
Paula has recently become redundant. With reference to Lazarus and Folkman’s Transactional Model of Stress and Coping, describe two different primary appraisals that Paula might have made when she became stressed.
Give an example of when the different memory stores could be operating simultaneously and interacting.
Short-term memory could be receiving new information from sensory memory (math question) and holding the information in conscious awareness while retrieving additional information from long-term memory (stored mathematical formula) to help interpret the new information.
Name and describe the major limitation in a repeated measures design. Suggest a strategy to overcome this flaw.
With reference to a specific neurotransmitter, outline the process of synaptic transmission. Use the lock-and-key analogy in your response.
In terms of Elizabeth Loftus’s on eyewitness testimony and recall from long-term memory, explain how leading questions may produce an incorrect recall of an event
Identify and explain three reasons why random sampling helps to improve the validity of an experiment compared to convenience sampling.
Identify two limitations of using the Transactional model of stress and coping compared to Selye’s GAS model.
Stella has been having piano lessons for a number of years. However, during her first piano recital, she made a number of errors when performing a piece she has been practicing for months. Explain how state-dependent cues could have led to Stella’s inability to recite the piece during the recital.
Two different classes sat a Math Exam. Teachers then calculated the mean and the standard deviations for their respective classes and obtained the following results:
Class A: mean 75%; standard deviation: 0.1
Class B: mean 75%; standard deviation: 2.5.
On the basis of this information, what conclusions might the teachers now draw about the knowledge of the students in each Math class? Explain your answer.