practise questions Flashcards
anticipatory nausea and vomitting is an example of what
classical inhibition - sights smells and thoughts preceding treatment are potent conditional stimuli
negative reinforcement is what
the avoidance of an aversive event
the sound system and combination rule for meaningful speech are called what
phonology
what is the worse method for changing students attitudes towards smoking
showing graphic photos - the best method is to ban it from place
which scientist is associated with the concepts of a language acquisition device and universal grammar
chomsky
what are examples of pain assessment devices
pain thermometer
mcgill pain questionnaire
visual analogue scales
what is TENS
is used in pain relief - transcutaneous electrical nerve stimulation
what is an example of indirect discrimination
not allowing someone in the GP practise due to hem being blind and having a dog - the dog is not allowed on the premises
what is the role of the amygdala
rapid processing of fear - has a protective function
what are the defining characteristics of social norms
shared beliefs regarding appropriate conduct
behaviours that characterise groups
the basis for interventions to reduce young peoples alcohol and drug use
what is required before a person engages in an illness behaviour
symptom perception
what are the differences in gender abilities
non - recent meta analysis show few gender differences in abilities, attitudes and behaviour
what is the james lange theory of emotion
physiological changes produce emotions
which theory proposes that health inequalities can be largely eradicated by encouraging people in low socioeconomic classes to change to a healthier life style
individual/behavioural
what is the most common cause of insomnia
depression and anxiety account for 80% of insomnia in the general population
what is binocular disparity
the two views of the world produced by two intact eyes that the brain integrates for 3D perception
what does the social impact of a set of individuals on a single target person increase with
number and immediacy - lateness law of social impact suggest their strength also affected has an impact on a single target
in adult life what are the majority of experiences
mostly negative life events
at 6 months old who is a child more likely to be attached to
the mother is she is the primary care giver
started to develop multiple attachments tho
what are the 4 D’s of defining psychological abnormality
distressing
deviance
dysfunctional
dangerous
according to the UN what are some markers of absolute poverty
information deprivation
insufficient calories
lack of maternity care
what is absolute poverty
severe deprivation of basic human needs not the level of income
what is relative poverty
low income compared to others in the county
H and H on monkeys showed new borns preferred which one quality
comfort contact
what does the general adaptation syndrome describe
who described it
GAS - general model of physiological response to stress - developed by han selye
what are figure ground effects in perception
basic level of perceptual organisation
negative feelings about a group are best described as
negatie stereotypes
which area of competence is most closely associated with global self-esteem in adolescents
physical appearance
what causes expressive aphasia
damage to broca’s area
what causes receptive aphasia
damage to wernickes area
recovery sleep following more than three nights of sleep deprivation shows total sleep time recovered to be what percentage
30% - around a third of total sleep lost is recovered and there is selective recovery of certain types of sleep
is self harm more common in young or old people
young but suicide shows the opposite trend and more common in the older population
is there a big gender difference is self harm
no but more prevalent in teenage girls
what is the WAIS a measure of
intelligence - wechsler adult intelligence scale for adult intelligence
at what age will a child be able to show conservation of volume and what is this stage called
8 years old roughly
conservation marks the start of the concrete operational stage of cognitive development
at what age would a child be cooing
around 6 weeks old - earliest forms of vocalisation which precedes babbling at 3-4 months
when does telegraphic speech occur
20 months
when does the basis of adult thinking start and what is it
formal operation stage starts at 11 years in most children
what stage does dreaming occur
any stage but more common during REM
which stages of sleep decrease with age
stages 3 and 4 as does total sleep time
what stage is the entry to sleep from the conscious state
stage 1
what is the difference between core sleep and optional sleep
core sleep is the first 5 hours of sleep
optional sleep is relatively more stage 2 and REM sleep
what is sleep latency
the time taken for sleep onset to occur
what is latency
the amount of time taken to initiate a behaviour
what is semantic memory
used to store and recall general knowledge information
what is echoic memory
verbally presented information remains briefly and is shown but recency effect in a serial position curve
what is another term for episodic memory and what is it
autobiographical memory
used to recall events in which you were involved
what is procedural memory
includes skills or behaviours that are practised and appear autonomic such as riding a bike - can still occur even during brain injury
what is recency memory
persistence of information in short term memory stores
