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Where is brocha’s area and what is it for?
left frontal lobe
speech production (the interaction
between frontal, temporal, and motor areas responsible for speech production)
Problem with PRONOUNCIATION
Where is the Weinicke’s area and what is it for?
Left temporal lobe
understanding meaning of words (wrong CHOICE of words, pronounciation ok)
What is a mental process?
INTERNAL, COVERT process of our mind
What is Scientific?
precise and careful OBSERVATION
using Scientific method
What is behaviour?
all OVERT (evident and observable) actions and reactions
What are the goals of psychology?
describe
explain
predict
and control
What is the weakness of descriptive study?
no control of variables
case study is misleading
What is the weakness of correlational study (2 or more variables)?
cannot specify cause and effect
What is the weakness of experimental study (manipulate IV to explore cause and effect)?
sometimes not feasible
results might not be generalisable
not ethical to manipulate certain variables
What is a descriptive statistic?
Used to organise and summarise data (mean and SD)
What is inferential statistics?
Used to find out how meaningful the findings are
(Significance and confidence interval tests)