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Section A, Question 9
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Question 9 Shanvi has worked for many years as a doctor in a busy emergency ward. She has been working long, stressful shifts. Recently, her own doctor diagnosed her with a digesti
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Question 10 An avoidance strategy A. is the healthiest way to reduce stress in the long-term. B. is always maladaptive because it does not deal with the problem. C. can reduce stre
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Question 11 Long-term potentiation of Technique B would require A. long-term depression and decreased signal transmission of Technique A. B. replacement of the memory of Technique
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Question 12 Justine was more likely to choose Technique B when she wanted a close-up of a face. According to operant conditioning, which one of the following correctly identifies p
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Report-based difficulty · MediumAverage marks: 47% of available · official reportAnswered correctly: 47% · official report
Question 13 An example of stimulus discrimination while using Technique B would be A. using Technique B rather than Technique A. B. recognising the visual cues that are the same. C
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Question 14 Justine did a work placement with an experienced editor when she was learning the editing techniques. A necessary element in Justine’s successful observational learning
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Question 15 After being stung by a swarm of bees, Barnaby became terrified of bees and now experiences a panic attack even when he sees a picture of a bee. In this scenario, the A.
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Question 16 Mario was delighted when he received a phone call telling him that he had won a poetry competition. In which of the following areas of the brain would the memory of the
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2022 PSYCHOLOGY EXAM 6 d o n o t w r i t e i n t h i s a r e a Use the following information to answer Questions 17–20. Dr Juc was investigating the impact of speed of delivery on
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Question 17 Which of the following results would Dr Juc expect? A. a primacy effect and a recency effect in both groups B. a primacy effect in Group 1 and a recency effect in Group
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Report-based difficulty · MediumAverage marks: 40% of available · official reportAnswered correctly: 40% · official report
Question 18 Dr Juc also recorded lower lapsed time on average for all the words Group 1 remembered compared to all the words Group 2 remembered. This is likely a result of A. the m
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