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6. Which two nervous systems control the 'fight or flight' response?

  • Peripheral and Central
  • Sympathetic and Parasympathetic
  • Autonomic and Somatic

7. What is the correct definition of cognitive neuroscience?

  • The scientific study into neurons and neurotransmitters in the brain
  • The non-scientific study into neurons and neurotransmitters in the brain
  • The scientific study of the influence of brain structures on mental processses
  • The non-scientific study of the influence of brain structures on mental processes

8. What is the correct definition of vicarious reinforcement?

  • When someone is influential on an individual in some way, and their behaviour is imitated
  • When an observer learns by observing the consequences of another person's behaviour
  • When an individual is influenced by another because they are in some way similar or wish to be like them
  • When an individual observes a behaviour from a role model and simulates it

9. Why does cognitive psychology use theoretical models?

  • It supports a scientific approach to enquiry and testing
  • Scientific methods cannot be used so the model is used in place of those
  • It has a basic structure which can be applied to all humans
  • It describes the process in a series of indistinct steps

10. What type of capacity does processing have?

  • Limited
  • Unlimited (infinite)

11. What is the definition of hormones?

  • One of the body's major information systems that instructs glands to release large quantities of hormones directly into the blood stream which disappear quickly and have powerful effects
  • The way an animal responds when stressed. The body becomes physiologically aroused in readiness to fight or flee
  • Chemical substances that circulate in the bloodstream and only affect target organs
  • An organ in the body that synthesises substances such as hormones
  • A hormone produced by the adrenal glands which is part of the body's immediate stress response system. It has a strong effect on the cells of the cardiovascular system

12. Which of these is NOT a feature of science?

  • Predictability
  • Replicability
  • Control
  • Fairness
  • Objectivity

13. In the computer model what is the brain compared to?

  • Central Processing Unit
  • Coding
  • Stores

14. What is the correct definition of a genotype?

  • An individuals genetic make-up which occurs at conception and provides the genetic code for how that individual will develop (such as eye colour)
  • The product of what happens when the genetic make-up interferes with the environment (such as height)

15. What is Structuralism?

  • The structure of the communicative pathways between the brain and the body
  • Any theory which aims to study the relationship among phenomena rather than the phenomena themselves, and the symptoms formed by these relationships
  • The way that the brain is structured

16. Which of these is NOT a basic assumption of the learning approach?

  • Only observable behaviour is measured scientifically
  • Behaviour is learned through observation
  • Behaviour is learned through experience
  • We are born a 'blank slate' so there are no genetic influences
  • It is valid to study the behaviour of animals

17. What is the definition of the 'fight or flight' response?

  • The way an animal responds when stressed. The body becomes physiologically aroused in readiness to fight or flee
  • Chemical substances that circulate in the bloodstream and only affect target organs
  • An organ in the body that synthesises substances such as hormones
  • A hormone produced by the adrenal glands which is part of the body's immediate stress response system. It has a strong effect on the cells of the cardiovascular system
  • One of the body's major information systems that instructs glands to release large quantities of hormones directly into the blood stream which disappear quickly and have powerful effects

18. Which of these statements is NOT true for monozygotic twins?

  • Non-identical twins, share 50% of their genes
  • Identical twins, share 100% of their genes
  • A higher concordance rate than dizygotic twins

19. Which of these is NOT a main assumption of the cognitive process?

  • The mind works like a computer - it has an input from our senses which is then processed and produces an output such as language or specific behaviours
  • Only observable behaviour is measurable scientifically and it is only these behaviours that should be studied as thought processes are subjective and difficult to test
  • Thought processes can and should be studied scientifically, therefore introspection is too unscientific and controlled laboratory studies can control what we are thinking
  • Stimulus and response is appropriate but only if the thought processes that occur between the stimulus and response are acknowledged

20. What is the correct definition of identification?

  • When an individual is influenced by another because they are in some way similar or wish to be like them
  • When an individual observes a behaviour from a role model and simulates it
  • When someone is influential on an individual in some way and their behaviour is imitated
  • When an observer learns by observing the consequences of another person's behaviour