Psychology Flashcards
What is an Affect?
What someone goes through?
*Emotions, feelings, moods.
What is Behavior?
How someone acts or responds to a situation.
- Visible/*Obervable
What is Cognition?
The way you/someone may think/Interpret
- Absorb Knowledge/*Learn
- resoning, logic, *memory, personality, *planning
Sports Psychology
theories which help an athlete achieve peak performance
Community Psychology
Help people achieve group goals, focus on wellbing of locals
Biological Psychology
Behaviors and mental processing, influences on the brain
Forensic Psychology
*criminal justice system - rehab or prosecution
expert opinions,
Organisational Psychology
assisting organisation, communication, stress management for the workplace.
Educational Psychology
focus - Child development, learning difficulties
Councilling Psychology
Assisting personal relationships
Clinical Psychology
Assessment + diagnosis + treatment of mental illness
Clinical-Neuro Psychology
behavioral/mental changes from brain damage/irregularities
Personality Psychology
Individual characteristics
Social Psychology
thoughts, feelings and behavior in social situations
Health Psychology
promotion of positive thinking, behavior and habits in the wider community
Psychology vs Psychiatry
Psycho - Scientific study , uses therapy as a treatment, has medicare support
Psychi - Qualified as a doctor, can performed medical procedures, prescribe meds, around 12yrs of study
What is a sample?
Groups of participants in a research study
what are the three Research Designs?
independant - group designs
Matched - participants designs
repeated - measures design
What is a population?
Groups of people researchers want to research to apply to
What is an Ev?
Unwanted factors that could potentially impact/alter the DV
Explain Neurons.
Nerve cells, Very dense in the brain.
Communicating constantly.
Describe Neurotransmitters.
Chemical brain messages being sent in + out of the brain
Confidentiality (ethics)
Participants rights to privacy, NO personal details shared without written consent > images, phone number, names.
Deception Ethics.
withholding of information if it has the possibility of affecting results.
- Participants must be debriefed at the conclusion
- Must be approved prior to experiment