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
Produces hormones that control growth, sexual development and metabolism
Pituitary gland
Homeostasis: controls body temperature and osmoregulation. Secreted hormones
Hypothalamus
What’s a CT scan?
Machine that X Ray’s your brain to identify and detect problems like tumours
What does MRI stand for and mean?
Magnetic resonance imaging
Uses high level magnetic field and radio waves to image soft issues, for diagnosing tumours, clots, infections and brain damage
What’s FMRI?
Monitors changes in brain activity
What is the experimental group?
Group of participants who will recieve the IV
Name the 7 parts of a neuron
Nucleus Dendrites Cell body (soma) Electrical impulse Oxons Oxon terminal Synaptic gap
What do neurons do?
Transmit messages in the form of an electrical impulse
What is REM sleep?
Rapid eye movement sleep, where 90 per cent of dreaming occurs
Which theory is this; the storyline of a dream is known as the manifest content. Contains dream symbols that can offer insights into our underlying wishes and thoughts
Sigmund Freuds psychoanalytic dream theory
Which theory is this; dreams have a purpose and help solve problems, when we dream we sort out problems experienced during our waking life
Cartwrights Problem-solving theory
Which theory is this; dreams are meaningless and should not be subjected to interpretation. Neurons are randomly activated from the brain stem
Hobson and mccarleys activation-synthesis theory
What are Plutchik’s eight primary emotions?
Fear Anger Joy Disgust Anticipation Surprise Sadness Trust
What’s subjective experience?
What we feel and label as an emotion
Eg. Feeling ecstatic because your team won
What is expressive behaviour?
What others can see about what we are feeling
Eg. Jumping up and down when the final siren sounded
What is physiological arousal?
Aspects in the body, changes in heart rate, breathing rate, sweating
In personal space, what is 0-45cm
Intimate (relationships)
In personal space, what is 45cm-120cm
Personal (close friends)
In personal space, what is 120cm-3.7m
Social (acquaintances)
In personal space, what is 3.7m-7.5m
Public (strangers)
What is verbal cues?
What you actually say
What is paralingual cues?
How you say your words (tone, pitch, um, ahh, etc..)
