Mcat Behavioral Sciences Already Passed

Pre conventional morality {Ans: preadolescent 1. obedience- avoiding punishment 2. self interest- gaining rewards (instrumental relativist stage)}pragmatics {Ans: dependence of language on contact and preexisting knowledge: how we speak will depend on the audience}hypothalamus {Ans: synthesizes and releases hormones}state dependent memory {Ans: if people learn skill while drunk then they will perform those skills better while drunk then sober}REM {Ans: interspersed between cycles of the NREM sleep stages, arousal levels peak but muscles are paralyzed (paradoxical sleep)}semantics {Ans: association of meaning to the word}