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Paper 2 Flashcards

1
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Circadian rhythms

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Sleep-wake cycle

Exogenous cycle

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Ultradian rhythms

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Just sleep

Endogenous cycle

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Internal influences

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Hormones = adrenaline, ACTH releases cortisol, pineal gland releases melatonin

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External influences

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Light, time, environment (stress, eat, drink, medication)

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Zeitgebers

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Zeitgebers = external cues that synchronise the biological clock

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Strengths and weaknesses of internal influences:

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+SCN removed from hamsters = sleep-wake patterns random
+Miles, blind man = 25hr circadian rhythms
+Li-You Chen = sleep deprived rats, reduced melatonin
-animal studies
-individual differences to being blind

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Strengths and weaknesses of external influences:

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+practical applications for understanding body clocks in humans
+Skene found light is main bodily rhythm
-Siffre found 48hrs sleep-wake
-Sleep deprivation studies are unnatural

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Insomnia

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Caused by lifestyle (jet lag, working shifts), medication (antidepressants), food and drink, health conditions

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Narcolepsy

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1/2000
Cataplexy, hallucinations, fall asleep uncontrollable, EDS, sleep paralysis
Hypocretin keeps us awake, cells in hypothalamus produce hypocretin are damaged or missing

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Id, supergo, ego

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id = i want
Superego = you can’t have
Ego = balance
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Manifest content

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Story

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Latent content

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Meaning of dream

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Dreamwork

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Keeps unconscious thoughts hidden

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Condensation

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Many ideas appear as one

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Displacement

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Something unimportant seems important

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Secondary elaboration

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Builds story from dreamwork

17
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Strengths and weaknesses of Freud’s theory of dreaming

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\+qualitative
\+detailed focuses on real individuals
\+validity
\+Guenole found noise did not wake up people when dreaming
-cannot be a silly tested
-analysis unique to individuals
18
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Hobson and McCarley

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Dreams are random

Random firing of neutrons -> send random thought -> brain generates nonsense

19
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Strengths and weaknesses of Hobson and McCarley

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+sleep lab

  • using animals unethical
  • using animals not generalisable
  • people can link dreams to the day before
  • 1977
20
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Freud Little Hans background

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Oedipus complex, development of psychosexual stages and gender behaviour

21
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Little Hans an early dream

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Had dream his mum was taken away from his father

22
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Little Hans the giraffe dream

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Big giraffe symbolised penis but Hans denied this so Freud said big giraffe was Hans’s father and crumpled was mother

23
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Strengths and weaknesses of Hans

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\+carefully documented
\+lot of in depth detailed information
\+clear what info was given and interpreted
\+carried out case study scientifically
-not generalisable (one person)
-learning explanation (saw horse die)
-dreams are secondary information
24
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Siffre results

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Depressed and upset at lack of freedom, trapped mouse for loneliness
Suicide
Effects of dark and loneliness were severe
Worse eyesight
Short term memory affected
Varied 18->52hrs

25
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Strengths and weaknesses of Siffre

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+qualitative and quantitative
+long period of time
-light came on which affected internal body clock
-ungeneralisable
-criticised because of noise of mice, damp, telephone connections

26
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Positive reinforcement

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Recieve something pleasant for behaviour so repeat it

27
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Negative reinforcement

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Avoiding something unpleasant so we keep avoiding it

28
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Negative punishment

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Removing something pleasant so we do not repeat behaviour

29
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What does social learning theory states is required

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Attention, retention, reproduction, motivation, identification,

30
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Strengths and weaknesses of social learning theory

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+Bandura = aggression is copied
+main way children learn behaviour
+explains why some become criminals and some dont
-Bandura only measures short-term effect
-Bandura was not tested in real-life situation
-some behaviour can’t be explained by observational learning

31
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Esyneck’s Theory

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High E score = low arousal = seek external stimulation -> raise arousal
Low N score = unreactive nervous system, calm under stress
High P score = psychoticism

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