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and answers  \nFor the  \n2023-2027StudyDesign  \nKen Ong  \nAndrew Keating  \nPsyched Revision Questions  \nUnit 3 Psychology Edition 1  \nKen Ong & Andrew Keating, © Psyched 2024  \nContents  \nHow to answer SAC and Exam questions in VCE Psychology ......................2  \nChapter 1: Nervous system functioning ......................................................4  \nChapter 2: Stress as an example of a psychobiological process............... 20  \nChapter 3: Approaches to understand learning ....................................... 43  \nChapter 4: The psychobiological process of memory............................... 61  \nChapter 5: Unit 3 Trial Exam ..................................................................... 79  \nChapter 6: Answer Guide .......................................................................... 99  \nNervous system functioning ................................................................. 99  \nStress as an example of a psychobiological process........................... 103  \nApproaches to understand learning ................................................... 109  \nThe psychobiological process of memory........................................... 114  \nUnit 3 Trial Exam ................................................................................. 120  \n© Psyched, 2024.  \nExcept as provided by the Copyright Act 1968, no part of this publication may be photocopied, reproduced, stored in a retrievalsystem, or communicated without the prior written permission of Psyched. VCE is a registered trademark of the VCAA. The VCAA doesnot endorse or make any warranties regarding this study resource and Psyched cannot guarantee the sample questions contained inthis book represent the quality of questions published by VCAA’s Psychology exams.  \nwww.psyched. net.au | ABN 78 266 202 442 | PO Box 4061, Richmond East, VIC 3121 | Reprint August 2024  \n# Area of Study 1: How does the nervous systemenable psychological functioning?\n\nOn completion of this unit the student should be able to analysehow the functioning of the human nervous system enables a personto interact with the external world, and evaluate the different waysin which stress can affect psychobiological functioning.  \n## Chapter 1: Nervous system functioning\n\nRate each Study Design dot point a J, K or L  \nJ = I know everything about it and could explain it to someone  \nK = I know most things, but would struggle to explain it to someoneL = I don’t know much about it  \nVCAA Psychology Study Design Key Knowledge:  \n\n| • the roles of different subdivisions ofthe central and peripheralnervous systems in responding to, and processing and coordinatingwith, sensory stimuli received by the body to enable conscious andunconscious responses, including spinal reflexes   |\n| --- |\n| • the role of neurotransmitters in the transmission of neural   |\n| information across a neural synapse to produce excitatory effects (as   |\n| with glutamate) or inhibitory effects (as with gamma-amino butyric   |\n| acid [GABA]) as compared to neuromodulators (such as dopamine   |\n| and serotonin) that have a range of effects on brain activity   |\n| • synaptic plasticity – resulting from long-term potentiation and   |\n| long-term depression, which together act to modify connections   |\n| between neurons (sprouting, rerouting and pruning) – as the   |\n| fundamental mechanism of memory formation that leads to learning   |\n\nQuestion 18  \nVeronica was about to give a speech at her best friend’s 21st birthday party. 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