LAST MINUTE EXAM REVISION BC IM AN UNPREPARED HUMAN

Question 1

Pro-Social behvaiour

Answer 1

Voluntary behaviour that is carried out to benefit another person regardless of motives; it can be motivated by self-interest

Question 2

Anti-Social behaviour

Answer 2

Any behaviour that is likely to because pain or distress to one or more persons

Question 3

STATES OF CONSCIOUSNESS

Answer 3

NORMAL WAKING CONSCIOUSNESS
Total awareness
Focused and selective attention
Controlled processes
Automatic processes
ALTERED STATES OF CONSCIOUSNESS
Day dreaming
Meditation
Hypnosis
Light sleep
Deep sleep
Anaesthesia
Coma
Complete lack of awareness

Question 4

ALTERED STATE OF CONSCIOUSNESS

Answer 4

Is any state of consciousness that is distinctly different from normal waking consciousness
CHARACTERISITCS:
- low levels of awareness
- memory difficulties
- reduced cognitive abilities
- difficulty paying attention to specific tasks

Question 5

ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM (EEG)

Answer 5

• Measures electrical activity in the brain
• electrodes placed on scalp
• detects epilepsy, tumors etc
• doesnt show structure of brain

Question 6

MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGINE (MRI)

Answer 6

• Measures which parts of the brain are using energy most quickly
• Measures blood flow in the brain using radio waves and a magnetic field
• Images from a number of different angles
• Tells about brain structure not function

Question 7

ELECTRICAL STIMULATION OF THE BRAIN (ESB)

Answer 7

• Very small electrodes apply a weak electric current to the brain. Less than what naturally occurs in the brain, causing neutrons to send nerve impulses as they normally would
• Invasion/surgery

Question 8

ABLATING/LESIONING THE BRAIN

Answer 8

• Process of removing brain tissue or destroying the links between different brain areas

Question 9

OCEAN - 5 PERSONALITY TRAITS

McCrae & Costa

Answer 9

Openness
Conscientiousness
Extraversion
Agreeableness
Neuroticism

Question 10

DETERMINANTS OF ATTRACTION

Answer 10

• Proximity
• Physical Appearance
• Similarity

Question 11

SIMILARITY

Answer 11

We assume that people who are similar to us will also like us.
Similar people provide social validation for our characteristics and beliefs, thereby boosting self-esteem.
We are repulsed by people who disagree with us on important issues.

Question 12

PROXIMITY

Answer 12

the more exposure we have to a stimulus, the more apt we are to like it. The more familiar someone becomes, the more friendship blooms

Question 13

PHYSICAL APPEARANCE

Answer 13

handsomer creatures tend to get more sexual partners and thus breed more. The selfish gene prefers handsomer specimens so it can increase its chances of propagating itself to future generations. In a modern-day context, attractive people earn more money and thus are more likely to survive. Attractive people are also less likely to have diseases and other physical failures

Question 14

TRAIT THEORIES

Answer 14

-Traits are inherited/have a genetic or biological basis

Question 15

HUMANISTIC THEORIES

Answer 15

• Personality develops from experience/environment

Question 16

PSYCHODYNAMIC THEORIES

Answer 16

• Personality develops from experiences in childhood/environment

Question 17

MASLOW

Answer 17

• Psychological needs
• Safety
• Love/Belonging
• Esteem
• Self actualisation

Question 18

ALLPORT

Answer 18

Central: main trait, one, every knows
Cardinal: basic foundations, major characteristics you might use to describe another person
Secondary: related to attitudes or preferences and often appear only in certain situations or under specific circumstances