Approaches Flashcards
All AS and A2 approaches covered from the AQA specification
What feature of a science outlines the idea of forming theories and creating a prediction in order to test this
Forming a testable hypothesis
What feature of a science outlines the idea of maintaining high controls to help establish cause and effect
High internal validity
What feature of a science outlines the idea of replication of results and consistency of findings
Reliability
What feature of a science outlines the idea of creating factual evidence rather than thoughts and opinions
Objectivity
Where was the first lab that was dedicated to Psychology, located?
Leipzig, Germany
Did Wundt publish books and articles detailing his findings?
Yes
what was Wundt’s theory called? this theory outlined the need to break down conscious experience
Structuralism
Wundt created a method that helped break down conscious experience, what was this called?
Introspection
If i was to make a decision on what someone may be thinking based on their observed behaviour, this would be a?
Inference
A common stimulus that Wundt used during introspection was?
A metronome
Introspection took place in controlled conditions to help increase?
internal validity
Wundt was criticised because his method was seen as too?
Subjective
Behaviourism focuses on;
Observable behaviour,
Using lab studies to increase scientific credibility,
and generalising?
animal studies to finding to humans
Pavlov was the pioneer for which behaviourist theory?
Classical conditioning
Pavlov’s theory of classical conditioning was formulated following an accidental occurrence with who?
Pavlov’s dog
Eventually, Pavlov trained his dog to what? at the sound of a bell and other stimuli
Salavate
In Pavlov’s research what was the unconditioned stimuli?
Food
The response of salivating at the sight of food was known as what?
An unconditioned response
The bell was known as? ……. producing? ……..
Neutral stimulus producing no response
During conditioning the unconditioned stimulus was paired with the neutral stimulus, what were these?
the food with the bell
During conditioning when the food and the bell were paired, it produced an unconditioned response of?
Salivation
After conditioning the bell became a ……., producing a …….?
A conditioned stimuli production a conditioned response
In Watson and Rayner’s Study on Little Albert, Albert was conditioned to form a fear of?
A White Rat
Little Albert associated what? with a white rat
A loud noise (Steel rod hit by a hammer)