MCAT 6B · Psych/Soc
Attention, Cognition, Consciousness, Memory and Language
500 original Anki flashcards, an 11-page illustrated study guide, a 3-page cheat sheet and 57 practice questions for MCAT content category 6B.
What is inside
- deck.apkg500 original Anki flashcards (224 short answer, 113 multiple choice, 58 cloze, 93 true/false, 12 image occlusion), 18 original diagrams
- guide.pdf11-page illustrated study guide that explains the ideas
- cheatsheet.pdf3 printable pages, US Letter at 100 percent
- questions.pdf57 original MCAT-style practice questions with explanations, including 3 passage-based sets
- README.txtimport steps
- 224 short answer
- 113 multiple choice
- 58 cloze
- 93 true/false
- 12 image occlusion
Topics (24)
- 01SeSelective and divided attention
- 02CoCognitive development (Piaget stages)
- 03InInformation processing model
- 04PrProblem solving and heuristics
- 05BiBiases in reasoning
- 06InIntelligence theories
- 07DeDecision making
- 08StStates of consciousness
- 09SlSleep stages and EEG
- 10CiCircadian rhythms
- 11SlSleep disorders
- 12DrDreaming theories
- 13HyHypnosis and meditation
- 14PsPsychoactive drug classes
- 15DrDrug addiction and reward pathway
- 16MeMemory encoding
- 17MeMemory storage: sensory, short-term, working, long-term
- 18ReRetrieval and forgetting
- 19MeMemory errors and reconstruction
- 20NeNeural basis of memory and plasticity
- 21LaLanguage development
- 22ThTheories of language acquisition
- 23LaLanguage and the brain (Broca, Wernicke)
- 24LiLinguistic relativity
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Five questions from the pack.
Q1A person at a party follows one conversation yet turns when her name is spoken across the room. This is best explained by:
B. Treisman's attenuation allows highly meaningful stimuli such as one's name to pass. An all-or-none filter would block it. The phenomenon is not controlled processing or a failure to notice a change.
Q2A disease affects 2 percent of a population and a test detects 90 percent of cases with a 10 percent false positive rate. Among 1000 people, about what fraction of those who test positive have the disease?
A. Of 1000, 20 have the disease and 18 test positive. Of the 980 healthy, 98 test positive. So 18 / (18 + 98) = 18 / 116, about 15 percent. Ninety percent ignores the base rate.
Q3In Libet's experiment, the readiness potential began before participants reported awareness of the urge to move. This is often interpreted as raising questions about:
B. Brain activity preceding reported intention suggests that the decision may begin unconsciously. The other options do not concern the timing of conscious intention.
Q4A patient with slow respiration and pinpoint pupils is given a drug that reverses the symptoms. The drug is most likely:
A. Opioid overdose is reversed by the mu antagonist naloxone. Flumazenil reverses benzodiazepines, haloperidol is an antipsychotic, and physostigmine is an anticholinesterase.
Q5After seeing a video, witnesses asked how fast the cars 'smashed' report higher speeds and glass that was not present. This demonstrates the:
B. A leading verb changed reconstruction of the event. The other options concern list position, context match, and distributed practice.
Those are real questions from the pack, word for word.