Anatomy and Physiology Questions

In the U S legal system many times it is hard to justify parasomnias or an individual s consciousness when committing a violent act due to which one of the following A Most violent acts are committed in the day rather than at night when someone is supposed to be sleeping B Most judges and lawyers are not convinced that someone could execute a complex violent act while sleeping OC No one really believes that a person can sleepwalk D There is no

Parasomnia episodes can be triggered by excessive brain s ability to cycle through the stages of sleep A caffeine chronic stress loud noises B fast foods stress too much sleep OC caffeine chronic stress high sugar intake D stress sleep deprivation soft sounds and which all can take a toll on the 4

In the case of Kenneth Parks the Canadian who was found not guilty of murder due to sleepwalking parasomnia brings into question are parasomnias a viable defense for a violent crime According to the article Parks was acquitted for which one of the following reasons A He was a nice guy that everyone on the jury believed could not have committed the crime B His defense attorney argued the percentages of people who sleepwalk is more than people think OC Several clues that pointed to Parks sleepwalking as being part of his heredity due to several males in his family that did the same reasonable doubt OD His inability to hold a job and remember anything he did violently while sleeping

Dreams are part of REM sleep and at times can be very vivid memorable One aspect of dreams is no matter how vivid they are and what a person can remember they forget percent of the dream within 5 minutes of being awake A 10 B 50 C 90 D 100

About regularly in adults sleepwalk at least once in their lives and about OA 2 4 1 3 OB 1 6 3 4 OC 2 5 6 8 D 1 3 3 4 and percent d

Which of the following is not a mechanic behind sleeping walking as explained in the article in a 2009 sleep study A increase in blood flow into the brain B brief loss of memory in the prefrontal cortex of the brain OC decrease flow of blood into the parietal lobe of the brain that is critical to conscious awareness D None of these

Who is the audience of the main argument you wanted to discuss on food deserts logos ethos pathos

What are the 3 key points of your stance on food deserts

Describe the main argument that you wanted to address on food deserts

Biologically the brain sends sleep signals to the rest of the body through the spinal cord This electrical impulse to garner sleep and send signals to the hippocampus to trigger dreams is transmitted from which part of the brain A Temporal Lobe B Thalamus OC Frontal Lobe OD Occipital Lobe

Freud theorized that studying dreams allowed for his patients to experience their true sexual desires That is why most of his dream contents were symbolically associated with sexual objects like A an oven that represented the uterus B water that represented birth OC snakes that represented the penis OD all of the these

Freud and Jung were advocates of studying consciousness even though Jung felt that many of the feelings of ar individual were tied to their A dream interpretations OB body make up OC sexual desires D collective unconsciousness

As you are driving you see a sign for the Mega Million that says the winning amount is 1 5 billion dollars That night you go home and while sleeping you dream of winning that money and becoming a millionaire Freud would say that was a dream A unconscious B latent content C manifest content D wich fulfillment

The younger a person is the more sleep they need and the older they get less sleep is required An individual who is a young adult 18 25 years of age should be getting hours of sleep per day A 10 to 12 B 7 to 9 C 7 to 8 D 12 to 15

is the most common depressant used by more people than any other drug A Marijuana B Cocaine C LSD D Alcohol

Binge drinking has become somewhat of an epidemic among adolescents and young adults Though this is a problem it does not take place within the entire population of young people but is consider to be an issue with altering consciousness among OA college age men and women OB adolescents between the ages of 10 and 14 OC young adult between the ages of 19 and 22 D all of the these

The following type of sleep occupies 20 25 of an adult s sleep time OA Waking State Sleep OB Rem Sleep OC Brain Wave Sleep OD Stimuli Sleep

All individuals need sleep The amount of sleep they get per night is associated with aspects only our brain can control Which of the following is a reason for why anyone needs sleep OA It restores our bodies OB It is important in memory both before and after learning a new task OC Sugar and starch are burned to become energy OD All of the these

Drugs that give a false sense of anxiety reduction but can produce suicidal behavior when it slows down the body s nervous system are known as OA amphetamines B narcotics OC stimulants OD depressants

Consciousness brings about which one of the following ways to think A objectively OB subjectively OC Socratically OD selectively

The term plasticity refers to the A flexibility of the endocrine system B ability to connect electrical impulses and chemical messengers C brain s special capacity for change OD lack of ability to adapt to new surroundings

Collective unconsciousness is a storehouse of ancestral experiences that are aligned with an individual s OA neurological state OB heredity OC life experiences D none of the these

Simona remembers more things from her life in France when speaking French with her boyfriend than when speaking English with her other friends This is an example of Select one O chunking O a context dependency effect O the reconstructive nature of memory O the testing effect

Omar has grown up in the projects of Brooklyn all his life He doesn t believe in school he hangs out constantly and decides his Omar is exhibiting best course of action is joining a gang to get ahead in life A altered consciousness OB collective unconiouness OC specific consciousness D selective consciousness

The prefrontal cortex of the brain is the area that develops during adolescence It reaches full maturity at age OA 25 B 18 C 21 P 17

Stand up comedians who improvise constantly while on stage are demonstrating their ability to change according to the environment Which of the following characteristics of the nervous system is most likely playing a predominant role A reuptake B polarization OC adaptability D resting potential

Juneteenth is a federal holiday in the United States commemorating the anniversary of General Order No 3 issued by Major General Gordon Granger on June 19 1865 proclaiming freedom for slaves in which state In order to answer this question you would need to rely on which type of memory Select one O episodic O flashbulb O procedural O semantic

The part of the nervous system that acts to prepare the body for action in stressful situations that provides a fight or flight response is the A Parasympathetic Division OB Sympathetic Division OC Neurotransmitter Division OD Mirror neuron

Which one of the following is not part of the five 5 sections of the Cerebral Cortex A Frontal Lobe OB Prefrontal Cortex OC Occipital Lobe OD Medulla

The brain consists of two hemispheres that were early on called the left and right brain In 1982 from research conducted by Roger Sperry those two hemispheres were renamed and are now known as A dual brain OB dual hemisphere C split brain D parietal lobe

The Frontal Lobe of the brain is responsible for each of the body s voluntary movement known as the A motor OB sensory OC auditory D visual area

All of the parts of the nervous System have an impact on development as well as how the body functions Whic one of the following plays the most significant role in that functioning A Peripheral nerves B Spinal Cord OC Brain

You are introduced to your date s friend 10 seconds after being introduced you are able to remember their name but 30 seconds after the introduction you need to get their attention but you cannot remember their name This memory failure is due to Select one O the limited duration of short term memory O the limited capacity of short term memory O the way sensory memory works O the phonological similarity effect 4

In short term memory which group of letters will be the most difficult to remember Select one ORCGDPOQ O HNJSMY O VPCTBZD

John Darley and Bibb Latane two French psychologist changed the way research and experimentation is now conducted in psychology Their research look at which of the following cases in 1968 A The Jeffery Dahmer Serial Killer Case B The New York City Subway Murder Case C The Catherine Kitty Genovese Murder Case D The Son of Sam Murder Case

When conducting psychological research that is not an obtrusive natural observation it is imperative for researcher to get from their participants A opinions about the study B their age C informed consent D permission

During the 4th and 5th Centuries Greek philosophy was that era s psychology Which one of the following Greek philosophers stated that passion vs reasoning begins with children A Plato B Aristole OC Shakespeare D Descartes

When looking at Gestalt psychology its formulation is taken from A parts of perception that are made into a whole B parts of perception that are kept separate C parts of perception that are similar

Aimya asks her mom for her 16 digit credit card number to use when buying a product on line Her mom slowly recites the number and Aimya is surprised that she can t remember it when she tries to enter the number immediately after her mom said it This problem is due to the Select one O limited duration of sensory memory O fluency illusion O limited capacity of short term memory O limited duration of short term memory

You are going on a weekend trip with your partner When unpacking the SUV your partner asks you where the life jackets are You state that you don t know because they packed them Your partner says that you were the one who packed the life jackets It blows up into a big argument and you end having to go to the nearest town to buy new life jackets The difference in your memory for who packed the life jackets is due to the O outshining hypothesis O fluency illusion O reconstructive nature of memory Ospacing effect

At a party on Friday night you meet Lucy and you talk to her three more times that night At the same party you meet Jada but you don t talk to her any more times that night However you see Jada on Sunday in the library on Tuesday in the coffee shop and on Thursday in the student lounge You see both of them at another party the next Friday night You have no trouble remembering Jada s name but you can t seem to remember Lucy s name This is due to Select one O the spacing effect O the phonological similarity effect O a context dependency effect the testing effect 2

Mrs Yelta asks her second grade students to write three paragraphs about what they did over their summer vacation In order to remember the events from their summer the students will need to rely on their memory Select one O episodic O procedural O semantic O flashbulb

Nhia went to a Superbowl party and meets many new people Almost all of them were rooting for the Kansas City Chiefs to win and only one person was rooting for the Philadelphia Eagles to win When he gets home his husband asks him about the people he met at the party He was unable to remember any of the names except for the name of the person who was rooting for the Philadelphia Eagles This is due to Select one O proactive interference O the self reference effect O the effect of distinctiveness O retroactive interference

You are heading home for the weekend when your mom calls and asks you to pick up some items from the grocery store flour eggs milk tortillas chicken breast cheese peppers avocado lettuce and rice You start to search for a pen to write the items down when you suddenly realize this is your mom s way of telling you she is making two of your favorite things to eat pancakes and burritos You know the ingredients for each of those recipes so all you have to remember is burritos and pancakes You were able to remember all of the items when you went to grocery store because of Select one O distinctiveness O chunking O a context dependency effect O maintenance rehearsal

Walt is an artist who draws cartoon panels for motion pictures Each panel shows a slight change in the position of the characters When the individual panels are transferred to film and shown at the proper speed the characters appear to move smoothly across the screen The perception of movement results from Select one O visual coding in short term memory O the way sensory memory works O the way information is transferred to short term memory O the effectiveness of elaborative rehearsal W

Jan remembers her social security number by noting that the first three digits are the month and day she was born 119 the middle two digits are how old her grandfather was when he died 88 and the last four digits are the year her mother was born 1965 This is an example of Select one Odistinctiveness O maintenance rehearsal O the self reference effect O organization

Jaia remembers when they heard that their school was going fully on line due to the COVID 19 pandemic They were sitting at their kitchen table over spring break talking to their mom They heard a ding alerting them that they had received a new e mail They looked down and read the e mail about the school s decision to go on line for the rest of the semester They were shocked about the decision and a little scared that this virus was so dangerous that they no longer could meet in person to take classes They told their mom and then texted their best friend to see if they had heard the news This is an example of a Select one sensory memory O flashbulb memory O semantic memory O procedural memory

When you complete your driving test you usually have to successfully execute a parallel park To complete this portion of the test effectively you have to rely on your memory Select one O semantic O procedural O declarative O episodic

When Anastasia was introduced to the seven partners of her new law firm she silently repeated all the names to herself Anastasia was using Select one O maintenance rehearsal spaced repetition O massed repetition

Basil has been testing Zoho Sheet for his company for two months However the company recently decided not to use it and now Basil has to go back to using Excel He is having some problems remembering how to do certain tasks with Excel and he often finds himself trying to do things the way he did them with Zoho sheet Basil s problem is an example of Select one O the outshining hypothesis O retroactive interference O proactive interference O the lack of organization 27