Psych/Soc Flashcards
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Publication bias can be an issue in any and all studies.
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Psychotherapy experiments can only be unblinded or single-blind.
What is construct validity?
Construct validity is the degree to which items measure what researchers intend to measure.
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Meta-analysis is thought to provide the strongest evidence
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A study can’t be weakened by something they weren’t testing for (ex. testing to see if maternal prenatal stress with postnatal non-stressful environment or maternal prenatal non-stree with postnatal stressful environment affect behavoir of children. That hypothesis is not weakened by only girls being affected.)
What does the midbrain control?
The midbrain controls visual and auditory processing
What do the following tests look at? EEG, CT, fMRI, and EOG?
CT is best for visualizng blood vessels and hemorhage.
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Repeated pain stimulus leads to signal adaptation which decreases preceived pain
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The example of understanding the severity and progress of disease and its effect on pain perception is most accurately an example of top-down processing
What is Psychophysics?
Psychophysics is the scientific study of the relationship between stimuli and the sensations and perceptions evoked by these stimuli.
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Pouring cold water in your ear and then getting up and turning your head fast causes dizziness because endolymph flow in the semicircular canals is disturbed, reducing the ability of hair cells to accurately detect angular acceleration.
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Feature detection is variable based on the circumstances. What someone sees first really depends on their situation
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Freud beleived that dreams were entirely about wants
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Sleep walking is not a dyssomnia
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The electroencephalogram (EEG) of a patient in stage 2 sleep would most likely be marked by sleep spindles
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Dopamine is released in neural circuits in the nucleus accumbens best describes the mechanism for addiction reinfocement
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ELL students without a RD would not have a problem with working memory
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Someone who believes in the innatist theory of language would beleive we are capable of learning language regardless of the number language it is
What happens in sleep stage 2?
Sleep stage two includes theta waves, is marked by low-frequency, high-amplitude waveforms, and features distinct bursts of high-frequency, moderate-amplitude activity
What is the difference between someone in REM sleep and someone who is awake?
The only difference between someone in REM sleep and someone awake is they have different EOG readings
What part of the brain controls cortisol release, and how?
The anterior pituitary secretes ACTH which promotes the release of cortisol
What is the steps that go from light on the retinas to the production of ACTH?
When there is an increase in light incident on the retinas the hypothalamus produces CRH which stimulates the anterior pituitary to secrete ACTH
What are Piaget’s stages, in order?
Sensorimotor, Preopperational, Concrete Operational, Formal Opperational
