psych

In the lock-and-key model of synaptic transmission, the "key" gets to the "lock" how? Is it by removal of synaptic vesicles, rapid conduction down to the axon, weak attractive forces of the lock, or diffusion across the cleft? Which of these are transducers? Eardrum, the jnd, hair cells. Which of the following would be likely to produce the most profound reduction of cortical arousal? Damage to the connections between the cortex and the subcortical systems, destruction of both the parasympathetic and sympathetic divisions of the autonomic nervous system, prolonged deprivation of REM sleep without deprivation of slow-wave sleep, or chronic addiction to amphetamines? Which brainwaves ... click for more

Hearing, sight, blindness, colors.

What is the distal stimulus in hearing? According to the place theory of pitch, where on the basilar membrane will high-frequency tones cause the greatest amount of vibration to occur? Why are we unable to see colors in very dim light? What does the world look like to people who suffer from the most common type of color blindness? (See attachment for questions in detail) (below) Hi, I would like help studying for an upcoming test. Please answer my questions that I have for you here. What is the distal stimulus in hearing? Is it the change in sound pressure level at the eardrum, the event that causes sound waves to be transmitted through air, the vibrations in the fluid ins... click for more

psychology

To what is the tendency of the CS to elicit the CR related? Is it the number of CS US pairings, the number of times the US has elicited the CR, the intensity of the CR, or the intensity of the CS? Compensatory drug reactions, such as those to injections of insulin or heroin, offer the strongest support to which of the following ideas? Is it the CR is a weak duplicate of the UR, the extinction is more a suppression of the CR than a forgetting of the conditioning process, the CS acts as an anticipatory signal for the US, or the conditioned response suppression is a good index of CERs? Elicited is to emitted as ___ is to ___? Is it generalization and discrimination; extinction and acquisi... click for more

Sensation and Perceptions; Cognitive Psychology topics

Hi, I would like help studying for an upcoming test this Monday. Please answer my questions that I have for you here. Please be sure your answers are 100 % correct, so that I don’t end up studying for something that is wrong. Thank you very much again. What would happen if we were to use top-down processing only? Is it that we would experience only perceptual illusions; we would perceive only the individual features of objects; we would perceive only what we expect; OR we would see objects two-dimensionally? In the figure below, the “13’s” in the top and bottom rows are identical, but the one on top is perceived as a number while the one on the bottom as a letter. Why might this differ... click for more

Having a hard time getting started with scientific method project.

I am working on a project for a General Psychology class using the scientific method. I would like to do my project on sleep apnea and overweight kids, ages 2yrs.to 16yrs.and I am having a hard time getting my paper started, do you have any suggestions for me please, my paper is due in 3 days. I would like to use the case study method. Thank You