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Explain what the serial position effect, the primacy effect, and the recency effect are.

Describe the physical and psychological effects of cocaine and the problems associated with its use.

Discuss the uses of hypnosis. Also, describe the difficulties researchers have encountered in attempting to study the hypnotic state. Finally, how do people differ in their susceptibility and reactions to hypnosis?

Use the circle described by the equation

Explain the differences among retrograde amnesia, Korsakoff’s disease, and Alzheimer’s disease.

Define psychology and describe some of the major subfields within psychology.

Describe the physical and psychological effects of LSD and the problems associated with its use.

Compare and contrast the functions of the sympathetic and parasympathetic nervous system. What does the current scientific evidence indicate in regard to one’s ability to consciously control functions normally controlled by the autonomic nervous system?

Describe what is meant by dominant and recessive genes, polygenic inheritance, and genotype v. phenotype.

Describe Kohler’s and Harlow’s research on insight and learning sets. What conclusions can be drawn from this research regarding animals’ abilities to learn?