BBM MCQ 2

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What are the two types of communication within an organism?
Neural & Hormonal Transmission
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The chemical communication - Autocrine does what?
A chemical released from a cell that effects the cell itself
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The chemical communication - Paracrine does what?
Chemical signals which signal cells within a short distance
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The chemical communication - Endocrine does what?
Chemicals (hormones) released into the blood can selectively signal target organ over a long distance
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The chemical communication - Pheromones does what?
Chemical communication between individuals
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Autocrine, Paracrine, Endocrine and Pheromones are types of chemical communication what other type is there?
Synapses
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What are hormones?
Hormones are functionally similar to neurotransmitters
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What is the Endocrine system?
Is a system of glands that secrete a type of hormone into the blood stream
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What functions do hormones regulate?
Metabolism, growth, development and mood
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Do endocrine secretions have feedback control?
Yes
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Which hormone is involved with Lactation?
Oxytocin
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Which hormone regulates blood volume and salt concentration?
Vasopressin/ADH
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When is Cortisol at its highest
An hour after waking
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Can hormones influence behaviour?
Yes
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What is a Proximate question?
They are how questions
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What is an Ultimate question?
They are why questions
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Who discovered DNA?
Friedrich Miescher
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Who came first Lamark or Darwin
Lamark
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Mendelian Genetics is the theory that
Each parent donates one allele
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Are allele's dominant or recessive
Can be both
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Who discovered the structure of DNA
Watson, Wilkins, Crick and Franklin
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What are Genes?
Sections of DNA which specify an amino acid
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What are Alleles?
Alternate forms of genes that are available provide genetic variance
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What are Chromosomes?
Gene strings; in humans 23 chromosome pairs
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What is Heritability?
The proportion in a phenotypic trait that is attributable to genetic variance in a specified population
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What is a Genotype?
A person's genetic makeup
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What is a Phenotype?
A person's observable characteristics determined by genes and the environment
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Is behavioural genetics about trying to explain the variance in psychology by genetic variation.
Yes
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What are the 3 "laws" of the genetics of complex traits?
All traits show significant genetic influence, No traits are 100% heritable, Heritability is caused by many genes of small effect.
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How are Evolutionary Psychology theories tested?
Cross-cultural consistency, Function to form and Form to function
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Rule: if a card has a vowel on one side, then it has an even number on the other side. Which cards do you need to turn over to test the rule? (Cards: E-K-2-3)
E and 3
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If a patron is drinking a beer, then they must be 21 years or older. Which cards do you need to turn over in order to determine if the rule is being followed? (Cards: Beer-Coke-35-19)
Beer and 19
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Which sex has greater investment in reproduction?
Female
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In Clark and Hatfields 1989 study. When participants were approached at a bar and ask if they would like to "got to bed?" which gender had the most "Yes" responses?
Males
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Is Broca's area traditionally seen as an area responsible for language syntax AND articulation?
Yes
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Is Broca's area also involved in non-linguistic sequence processing?
True
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In the first stage extending over the first 3 years of life, the infant rapidly acquires which processing capacities?
Bottom-up
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Where can Flavonoids be found?
Fruit and vegetables, Green tea, Citrus, Red wine, Chocolate and Berries
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Can blueberries effect memory?
Studies on rats suggest yes
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In which would you get more flavonoids?
Orange juice with pulp
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A study by Morgan et al., 2015 argued that...
more sophisticated language enabled the teaching of more sophisticated tool making techniques
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Does DNA consist of coding and non-coding sections?
Yes
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What is an Oscillation?
Oscillation describes a regular rhythmic pattern
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How do we measure neural oscillations?
EEG
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What frequency are neural oscillations measured in?
Hertz
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If the measure of a neural oscillation is 4Hz how many cycles per second does it have?
4
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Which statement is true
Low frequencies are slow oscillations
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Which group is representing ALL the frequency bands?
Gamma, Beta, Alpha, Theta and Delta
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What functions do brainwaves serve?
Sleep, Learning, Action processing and Language
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Are oscillations important for speech?
Yes
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What is prosody?
describes the rhythm, stress and intonation of speech
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Do children experience more or less prosody?
More
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What does IDS stand for?
Infant directed speech
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Does IDS and song produce better or worse word learning and memory?
Better
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Is IDS universal
Yes
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Which task describes a two-way forced choice judgment about whether a letter string is or is not a word?
Lexical decision
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In a cross modal priming experiment, participants hear the sentence "For several weeks following the exterminator's visit they did not find a single bug (1) anywhere is (2) the apartment" If the word "spy" was presented visually at presentation points 1 o
Only at point 1
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In a cross modal priming experiment, participants hear the sentence "For several weeks following the exterminator's visit they did not find a single bug (1) anywhere is (2) the apartment" If the word "insect" was presented visually at presentation points
At points 1 & 2
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What does NCC stand for?
Neural correlates of consciousness
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Most popular way to find NCC is...
Compare conditions where the stimulus presented is identical but conscious perception changes
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What is global workspace theory?
Consciousness is global information broadcasting in the cortex - its purpose is the sharing of important information throughout the brain.
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What are the organs of sensation?
Eyes, ears, nose, tongue and skin
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What is sensation?
Sensation is detecting a stimulus through transduction of energy
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What are the first two parts of perceptual process?
Distal and Proximal stimulus
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What is a distal stimulus?
Stimulus in the environment
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What is proximal stimulus?
Stimulation of the sense
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Do we have other senses other than vision, audition, somatosensation, gustation and olfaction?
Yes - lots in fact
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Does what we know influence what we perceive?
Yes
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