Psychology Flashcards
What is random sampling?
Equal opportunity to be selected
Dependent variable?
Measured in response to the IV
Stratified sampling?
Population divided into groups called strata, a sample is drawn from this
Independent variable?
Of interest to the researcher. Does it cause an effect?
Control group?
Do not receive the IV. Used to compare results
Extraneous variable?
Influence the DV and affect results
What does the placebo effect refer to?
The participants behaviour being influenced by their expectations of how they should behave, believing they have had the treatment
Experimenter effect?
Refers to the outcome of the experiment by unintentionally influenced by the experimenter
What does the brain control?
Movement and balance, learning, memory, sleeping and dreams, senses, thinking and emotions, hormones and automatic processes
What side of the body does the left side of the brain control?
Right side
What does the right side of the brain control?
Creative stuff, like music and art
What does the left side of the brain control?
Technical stuff, like language and maths
Which lobe is responsible for vision?
Occipital
What love is responsible for temperature?
Parietal
Which lobe is emotions, personality and complex thoughts?
Frontal
Which lobe is jigsaw puzzles, maths, senses
Parietal
Which lobe is vision all images?
Occipital
Which part of the brain is balance and co-ordination?
Cerebellum
Which part of the brain is speech, process and recognise?
Temporal
Which part of the brain is breathing, heart rate, taste
Brain stem
Sensory info such as vision, smell and hearing. Higher cognitive functions.
Cerebral cortex
Connects the left and right hemispheres to coordinate info
Corpus collosum
Controls breathing, heart rate and blood pressure; reflex actions such as vomiting and sneezing
Medulla oblongata
Involved in control of visual and auditory systems. Also controls body movement
Midbrain
