Blakemore and Cooper

Question 1

State the assumptions of the biological area

Answer 1

• how nature affects our behaviour not nurture

- reducing the explanations of behaviour is down purley to biological factors

Question 2

What is the key theme of blakemoore and coopers study

Answer 2

brain plasticity

Question 3

Give the aim of blakemoore and coopers study

Answer 3

to investigate the effects on kittens development of a restricted visual environment consisting of either vertical or horizontal stripes

Question 4

What was the iv used in blakemoore and coopers study

Answer 4

visual orentation of rearing environment (horizontal or vertical)

Question 5

What was the dv used in blakemoore and coopers study

Answer 5

• behaviour in normal environment

- phsyiological investigation of the direction of orentation of nerons in the visual cotrex

Question 6

State the design used in blakemoore and coopers study

Answer 6

independent measures

Question 7

State the method used in blakemoore and coopers study

Answer 7

lab experiment

Question 8

Give strengths of the method used in blakemoore and coopers study

Answer 8

• level of control
• all collars are worn, time spent in the cylinder
• increases internal validity

Question 9

Give weaknesses of the method used in blakemoore and coopers study

Answer 9

• lowlevel of realism
• cats would never just see horizontal or vertical lines
• lowers ecological validity

Question 10

`Describe the sample used in blakemoore and coopers study

Answer 10

lab raised kittens housed in darkness untill two weeks of age

Question 11

define brain plasticity

Answer 11

how experiences reorganise neural pathways in the brain