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SEMESTER 1 - PSYCHOLOGY AND BIOLOGY Flashcards

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What is the meaning of psychology?

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The systematic study of thoughts, feelings and behaviours.

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What does the right hemisphere control?

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  • Controls left side of the body
  • Creativity
  • Visual/Spatial task
  • Music
  • Fantasy and dreams
  • Appreciation of beauty
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What does the left hemisphere control?

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  • Controls right side of body
  • Language
  • Math skills
  • Logical thinking and problem solving
  • Reasoning
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Why is psychology a science?

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  • Research conducted in a systematic and planned way + Scientific method
  • Information is collected by observing behaviour or conducting experiments
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What is the difference between psychologist and a psychiatrist?

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Psychologist: studied psychology in university, experts in field.
Psychiatrist: also experts in the field but are qualified medical doctors who can perform medical procedures and prescribe medicine.

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What is the body part that links the two hemispheres together by having large number of inter neutrons?

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Corpus Callosum

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What is the structure of the brain?

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Has 3 main parts:

  • Forebrain
  • Midbrain
  • Hindbrain
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What is intelligence?

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The global capacity to act purposefully, to think rationally and to deal effectively with the environment.

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Functions of the Cerebral cortex?

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  • Determining intelligence
  • Determining Personality
  • Motor Functions
  • Planning and organisation
  • Touch Sensation
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What are the specialty areas of psychology?

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  • Sport
  • Forensic
  • Clinical
  • Neuro
  • Counselling
  • Health
  • Organisation
  • Academic
  • Education
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What does a sport psychologist do?

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  • Improves athletes performance through mental skills training.
  • Improving personal development and well being
  • Anxiety management and relation
  • Team building and leadership
  • Helping athletes recover from injury
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What does a forensic psychologist do?

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  • Psychological assessment of criminals
  • Determining diminished responsibility and insanity
  • Counselling victims and eye witnesses
  • Criminal Profiling
  • Research memory and jury behaviour
  • Expert witness in the courtroom
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What do cynical psychologists do?

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-Assessment, diagnosis and treatment of severe and non-severe mental disorders and psychological problems

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What does a Neuro psychologist do?

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  • Researching the brain and behaviour
  • Rehabilitation of brain injuries
  • Illness rehab and research.
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What do counselling psychologist do?

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-Counselling less severe psychological problems such as relationships, self esteem.

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What does a Health psychologist do?

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  • Research and health promotion

- Counselling in health related areas such as eating disorders, addiction and self esteem

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What does a Organisational psychologist do?

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  • Assist in team building, effective management and leadership starts.
  • Improves productivity and morale
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What does an Academic psychologist do?

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  • Works with elementary, middle and high-school students

- Assists children with psychological needs that relates to learning styles

19
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What does an Educational psychologist do?

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  • Helps Children experiencing problems within an educational setting with the aim of enhancing their learning.
  • Could be social, emotional or learning difficulties
20
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What is an emotion?

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A personal experience that involves subjective feelings.

21
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What are the 10 emotions that people express?

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  • Joy
  • Happiness
  • Sadness
  • Contempt
  • Fear
  • Shame
  • Surprise
  • Disgust
  • Interest
  • Guilt
  • Anger
22
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What are the non verbal communication?

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Personal space and kinesics(Body movements and gestures)

23
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Is all stress bad?

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Stress is not bad because it makes the human body to be alert and aware of the environment and their surroundings

24
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What is the difference between group and collective?

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Group: A collection of two or more people who interact with each other and share a common goal or purpose

Collective: A band of people who have minimal contact with each other

25
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What is the difference between REM and NREM

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REM: Is when you’re dreaming and it only has one stage

NREM: Is light sleep and has 4 stages

26
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What is a democratic leader?

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Task and people orientated. Everyone participates in decision making.

27
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Name some effects of sleep deprivation

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Can lead to higher chronic health problems

28
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What is a Laissez faire leader?

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They are person oriented where leaders are friendly and helpful but have no direct control

29
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Define phobia

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A Phobia is a extreme or irrational fear of something, example would be arachnophobia which is the fear of spiders.

30
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What is an autocratic leader?

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They are task oriented leaders where they lead by making decisions for the group and has complete control of them.

31
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What are the treatments for mental disorders?

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Psychological therapies:
Cognitive therapy: Where changing negative self talk empower patients thoughts to overcome the problem.
Behaviour: Graded exposure ( Where patients are made to face their fear), Refreshing focus ( Where this band, when there’s something negative the person needs to reshift) E therapies (relaxation and mindfulness)

Bio-Medical Therapies:
Anti psychotic drugs
Antidepressant drugs
Anti anxiety drugs

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What is a cult?

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A cult is a group who is devoted to the leader, idea or object.

33
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What is the zone of 0-0.5 metres space?

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Intimate

34
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What is the zone of 0.5-1.5 metres space?

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Personal

35
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What is the zone 1.5-3.5 metres space?

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Social

36
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What is the zone of more than 3.5 metres space?

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Public

37
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What does sleep build up?

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Immune system, nervous system, skeletal and muscular system.

38
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What is the internal circadian clock?

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It promotes sleep daily at night in diurnal spaces (Humans)

39
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What are the four stages of sleep?

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Stage 1: Light sleep
Stage 2: Deep sleeper but still light sleep
Stage 3: Deeper sleep
Stage 4: Deepest sleep

40
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What is somnambulism?

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It is sleepwalking, where it is walking while sleeping and sometimes conducting routine activities. It usually occurs in children. In stages 3 and 4 of NREM sleep and last 5-30 minutes.

41
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What is the anabolism state?

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Building and repairing of muscles

42
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When do nightmares occur?

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They occur in REM sleep usually occurs during times of high stress, fatigue or personal trauma.

43
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What are types of insomnia?

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Sleep onset : When it’s difficult to sleep

Sleep maintenance: Difficulty staying asleep

44
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What is a sleep disorder?

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They are sleeping problems which disrupt the normal NREM and REM sleep cycle.

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