A-AS Level (CIE) Psychology: Specimen Questions with Answers 67 - 70 of 299
Question 67
Explanation
Medications for Mood disorders are as follows
- Antidepressants can help to control symptoms and restore neurotransmitter functioning
Common types of antidepressants are
Tricyclics
Monoamine oxidase inhibitors (MAO)
Selective-serotonin reuptake inhibitors (SSRI)
Lithium is the preferred drug for bipolar disorders, side effects can be serious and the dosage must be carefully regulated
Question 68
Explanation
The stages of Erikson’s psychosocial development are
- Oral-sensory
Muscular-anal
Locomotor-genital
Latency
Adolescence
Young-adulthood
Adulthood
Maturity-old age
Question 69
Write in Brief
One Liner▾How many adjectives did Raymond Cattell and his associates developed initially? (2 Marks)
Explanation
Raymond Cattell began with the list of 4,500 adjectives and reduced the list to 170 that they believed captured most of the meanings in the major list.
Question 70
Write in Short
Short Answer▾Explain Atkinson-Shiffrin theory of memory
a) . How the memory does starts with the sensory input from the environment? (2 Marks)
b) . What is the duration of the information attended in the sensory register passed to the short term memory held for? (Marks 2)
Explanation
a) . In the Atkinson-Shiffrin theory of memory, memory starts with the sensory input from the environment. This input is held for very brief time-several seconds at most- in a sensory register associated with the sensory channels (vision, hearing, touch and so forth) .
b) . Information that is attended to and recognized in the sensory register may be passed on to Short term memory (STM) , where it is held for perhaps 20 or 30 seconds
