Hi guys, just some questions on TSSM 2013 MCQ.
Q2: Cooper is completing a timed English essay, During this task Cooper has thoughts about his party on the weekend, the next English task he has to complete and about 'schoolies week' at the end of the school year. Cooper's state of consciousness can be best described as?
a. Normal waking consciousness
b. altered state of consciousness
c. focused state of consciousness
d. selective state of consciousness
I answered B, since Cooper seems to be daydreaming, but the solutions say he is in normal waking consciousness? I thought daydreaming was an ASC, not a NWC.
Q22: The amygdala is involved with the processing of which type of memories?
a. Iconic
b. Short term
c. Long Term
d. Traumatic
I answered D, since it encodes emotional information in, but the solutions say C. I would have thought that this is correct, but not the most correct answer?
Q34: Which of the following best described long term potentiation?
a. Axon of the postsynpatic neuron is active while the presynaptic neuron is firing, the synapse is strengthened
b. Axon of the presynaptic neuron is active while the postsynaptic neuron is firing, the synapse is strengthened
c. Axon of the presynaptic neuron is active while the postsynaptic neuron is firing, the synapse is weakened
d. Axon of the postsynpatic neuron is active while the presynaptic neuron is firing, the synapse is weakened.
The answered A, since the presynaptic neuron fires while post synaptic neuron receives, but the solutions say it is B?
Q47: In operant conditioning, the stimulus comes ___ the response, whereas in classical conditioning it comes ___ the response
a. before, after
b. after, before
c. before, before
d. after, after
I answered C, since i always thought the antecedent was also considered the discriminative stimulus for which the behaviour occurs in response to? The solutions say it is B. Is the consequence considered the stimulus in operant conditioning, or is it both the antecedent and consequence, or just the antecedent?
Also relating to OC, is the response voluntary, or both voluntary and involuntary. I thought that the CC response is involuntary while the OC response is voluntary since you make a conscious decision to act in a way according to the consequence you receive.
TIA!