Extra Exam Knowledge

Question 1

Who is Associated with Phrenology?

Answer 1

Sperry.

Question 2

Where is Cerebrospinal fluid stored?

Answer 2

The ventricles of the brain.

Question 3

Why do we Average across the EEG?

Answer 3

To remove background noise.

Question 4

What Percentage of the Brain are Glial Cells?

Answer 4

90%.

Question 5

What does the Autonomic Nervous System Involve?

Answer 5

Internal Organs.

Question 6

What does the Somatic Nervous System Involve?

Answer 6

Moving and reflexes.

Question 7

What is Synaesthesia?

Answer 7

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

Question 8

What are 4 Examples of Mnemonics?

Answer 8

Loci, rhymes, vivid imagery, pegwords.

Question 9

What is Anosognosia?

Answer 9

Can’t understand their own illness.

Question 10

What is Declarative Memory?

Answer 10

Semantic.

Question 11

What is Procedural Memory?

Answer 11

Episodic.

Question 12

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

Answer 12

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

Question 13

What are the Resolutions of ERPs?

Answer 13

Good temporal resolution, poor spatial resolution.

Question 14

Which Weird Letter Thing is Associated with ERPs?

Answer 14

N100.

Question 15

What is the Activation-Synthesis Hypothesis?

Answer 15

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

Question 16

How can Spina Bifida be Prevented?

Answer 16

Folic Acid.

Question 17

How many Pairs of Cranial Nerves are there?

Answer 17

12 pairs.

Question 18

What does Olfactory Mean?

Answer 18

Sense of smell.

Question 19

What is Contained within the Forebrain?

Answer 19

Cerebrum, thalamus, hypothalamus.

Question 20

What is Contained within the Midbrain?

Answer 20

Tectum and tegmentum.

Question 21

What is Contained within the Hindbrain?

Answer 21

Cerebellum, pons, medulla.

Question 22

What is Amusia?

Answer 22

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

Question 23

Which 3 Modalities are Affected by Neglect Syndrome?

Answer 23

Tactile, visual, auditory sensory.

Question 24

What Happens to Emotion because of Neglect Syndrome?

Answer 24

Less emotional input from neglected side.

Question 25

What is an Example of Pragmatics?

Answer 25

"Do you know where the toilets are" "Yes".

Question 26

What is a Content Morpheme?

Answer 26

Expresses a concrete meaning eg: a noun.

Question 27

What is a Functional Morpheme?

Answer 27

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

Question 28

When does Axon and Dendrite Formation Predominantly Occur?

Answer 28

After birth.

Question 29

What are 4 Examples of Reflexes Possessed by Infants?

Answer 29

Rooting, sucking, stepping, grasping.

Question 30

What do Newborns Prefer in terms of Voices?

Answer 30

Only mother's voice.

Question 31

When can Infants Hear?

Answer 31

In the womb.

Question 32

When can Infants See?

Answer 32

Minutes after birth.

Question 33

What Happens in the "Visual Cliff" Exercise?

Answer 33

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

Question 34

When does Vision Improve for Newborns?

Answer 34

Over the first 6 months.

Question 35

What is Piaget's Theory of Constructivism?

Answer 35

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

Question 36

What is a Schema?

Answer 36

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

Question 37

What is the Assimilation of a Schema?

Answer 37

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

Question 38

What is the Accomodation of a Schema?

Answer 38

Modifies existing schemas so new info fits.

Question 39

What are Piaget's 4 Stages of Cognitive Development?

Answer 39

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

Question 40

What is Object Permanence?

Answer 40

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

Question 41

What is Egocentrism?

Answer 41

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

Question 42

What is the "Anne and Sally" Situation?

Answer 42

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?