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Who is Associated with Phrenology?

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Sperry.

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2
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Where is Cerebrospinal fluid stored?

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The ventricles of the brain.

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3
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Why do we Average across the EEG?

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To remove background noise.

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4
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What Percentage of the Brain are Glial Cells?

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90%.

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What does the Autonomic Nervous System Involve?

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Internal Organs.

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What does the Somatic Nervous System Involve?

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Moving and reflexes.

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7
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What is Synaesthesia?

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Tendency to attach one sensory quality to another (days to colours).

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What are 4 Examples of Mnemonics?

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Loci, rhymes, vivid imagery, pegwords.

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9
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What is Anosognosia?

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Can’t understand their own illness.

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10
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What is Declarative Memory?

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Semantic.

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What is Procedural Memory?

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Episodic.

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What is an Example of a Study on False Memory Creation?

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Lost in the mall study - consolidated by family member, conducted by Saul M. Kassin.

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13
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What are the Resolutions of ERPs?

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Good temporal resolution, poor spatial resolution.

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14
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Which Weird Letter Thing is Associated with ERPs?

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N100.

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What is the Activation-Synthesis Hypothesis?

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Dreams arise from random bursts of nerve cell activity and reflect the brain’s attempt to make sense of this activity.

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16
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How can Spina Bifida be Prevented?

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Folic Acid.

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17
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How many Pairs of Cranial Nerves are there?

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12 pairs.

18
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What does Olfactory Mean?

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Sense of smell.

19
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What is Contained within the Forebrain?

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Cerebrum, thalamus, hypothalamus.

20
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What is Contained within the Midbrain?

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Tectum and tegmentum.

21
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What is Contained within the Hindbrain?

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Cerebellum, pons, medulla.

22
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What is Amusia?

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Can’t recognise musical tones or reproduce them (can sometimes recognise songs).

23
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Which 3 Modalities are Affected by Neglect Syndrome?

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Tactile, visual, auditory sensory.

24
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What Happens to Emotion because of Neglect Syndrome?

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Less emotional input from neglected side.

25
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What is an Example of Pragmatics?

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“Do you know where the toilets are” “Yes”.

26
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What is a Content Morpheme?

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Expresses a concrete meaning eg: a noun.

27
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What is a Functional Morpheme?

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Doesn’t have a clear meaning attached to it eg: the, a.

28
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When does Axon and Dendrite Formation Predominantly Occur?

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After birth.

29
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What are 4 Examples of Reflexes Possessed by Infants?

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Rooting, sucking, stepping, grasping.

30
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What do Newborns Prefer in terms of Voices?

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Only mother’s voice.

31
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When can Infants Hear?

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In the womb.

32
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When can Infants See?

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Minutes after birth.

33
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What Happens in the “Visual Cliff” Exercise?

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Infants shown to respond to depth stimuli, crawl across shallow end but not deep end, height wariness is developed.

34
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When does Vision Improve for Newborns?

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Over the first 6 months.

35
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What is Piaget’s Theory of Constructivism?

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Knowledge doesn’t come from the environment, nor is it innate - it is actively constructed by the child.

36
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What is a Schema?

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Initially an action pattern, becomes a mental category or framework.

37
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What is the Assimilation of a Schema?

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Modifies new environmental info to fit into what is already known.

38
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What is the Accomodation of a Schema?

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Modifies existing schemas so new info fits.

39
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What are Piaget’s 4 Stages of Cognitive Development?

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Sensorimotor (0-2 yrs), Pre-operational (2-7 yrs), Concrete operational (7-11 yrs), Formal operation (11+ yrs).

40
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What is Object Permanence?

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Concept that objects exist as separate entities, even when out of sight or contact.

41
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What is Egocentrism?

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Lacking the ability to imagine the other person’s point of view.

42
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What is the “Anne and Sally” Situation?

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Sally has a basket with a marble in it, goes out for walk, Anne puts marble in her box, where will Sally look for the Marble?