Semester 1 revision hard stuff not eerything

Question 1

Hypothesis

Answer 1

Testable prediction that is either supported or rejected

Question 2

Controlled experiment

Answer 2

casual relationship between two variables is tested in a controlled environment
Pro - high level of control, Con - Time consuming

Question 3

Case study

Answer 3

In depth investigation that contains real or hypothetical situation and includes complexities from the real world
Pro - hihgly detailed information, Con - researcher bias

Question 4

Correlational study

Answer 4

Non-experimental study where you observe and measure relationship between two variabled without any control
Pro - No manipulation of variables, Con - can’t draw conclusions about cause and affect

Question 5

Classification and Identification

Answer 5

Arrangement of things into manageable sets, recognition as belonging to particular sets
Pro - Helps simplify, explain and describe phenomena, Con - Over simplify reality

Question 6

Fieldwork

Answer 6

Any research involving observation and interaction with thing in real world
Pro - Applicable to real world, Con - Time consuming and expensive

Question 7

Literature review

Answer 7

Process of collecting and analysing secondary data to answer a question
Pro - Can uncover patterns or gaps of knowledge, Con - difficult if tehre is little research on topic

Question 8

Modelling

Answer 8

Construction or manipulation of physical or conceptual model
Pro - Know, understand and problem solve, Con - may inaccurately represent reality

Question 9

Product, process or system development

Answer 9

Design of thing ot meet human need
Pro - Created things that are needed, Con - expensive, time consuming

Question 10

Simulation

Answer 10

Process of using model to study behaviour of a real or theoretical system
Pro - Insight to potential circumstances and events, Con - Human and programming error

Question 11

Mixed design

Answer 11

Combines within and between design, sorts by sub categories, then ensures each is in each experimental condition

Question 12

Order effects

Answer 12

participants order tehy complete experiments affect their behaviour

Question 13

Placebo effect

Answer 13

Participants respond to inactive substance or treatment as a result of their expectations or beliefs

Question 14

Experimentor effect

Answer 14

Expectations of teh experimentor affec teh outcomes

Question 15

Situational variables

Answer 15

Environmental factor that may affect variables

Question 16

Non-standardised instructions and procedures

Answer 16

when directions and procedures differ across participants or experimental conditions

Question 17

Mode (math)

Answer 17

most common number

Question 18

True value

Answer 18

value or range that would be found if the quantity could be measured perfectly

Question 19

Systematic errors

Answer 19

errors that differ by consistent amount

Question 20

Random errors

Answer 20

Errors that differ by rangin maount , unsystematic, occur by chance

Question 21

Uncertainty

Answer 21

lack of exact knowledge relating to something being measured due to potential sources of variation in knowledge

Question 22

Internal validity

Answer 22

Extent investigation measures what it claims to

Question 23

External validity

Answer 23

Extent that results of investigation can be applied to similar individuals in different settings

Question 24

Beneficence

Answer 24

Commitment to maximising benefits and minimising risks

Question 25

Integrity

Answer 25

Commintment to searching for knowledge, honest reporting of sources

Question 26

Justice

Answer 26

Moral obligation to ensure that there is fair consideration of competing claims, no unfiar burden

Question 27

non-malificence

Answer 27

avoiding causing harm

Question 28

respect

Answer 28

living things have value

Question 29

Biopsychosocial model

Answer 29

holistic framework for understnading human experience

Question 30

Attachment

Answer 30

Longlasting bond between two individuals

Question 31

Secure attachment

Answer 31

Able to form healthy bonds, independent and self-sufficient, high levels of self esteem

Question 32

Insecure avoidant attachment

Answer 32

DIfficult to form strong bonds, tends to ignore own emotions, avoids depending on otehrs for help

Question 33

Insecure anxious attachment

Answer 33

Heavily depends on otehrs for support seeks others to 'complete' them

Question 34

Strange situation test

Answer 34

Mary Ainsworth with child, primary caregiver and stranger

Question 35

Sesorimotor stage

Answer 35

0-2, goal orientation, object permenence

Question 36

Preoperational stage

Answer 36

2-7, ecocentrism, reversibility, overcome centration

Question 37

Concrete operational stage

Answer 37

7-12, conservation, classification, simple mental operations

Question 38

Formal operational stage

Answer 38

12+, abstract thought, reason and logic

Question 39

Eriksons 8 stages

Answer 39

0-1, trust vs mistrust 1-3 autonomy vs shame/doubt 3-6 initiative vs guilt 6-12 industry vs inferiority 12-19 identity vs role confusion 19-30 intimacy vs isolation 30-64 generativity vs stagnation 64+ integrity vs despair

Question 40

Maturation

Answer 40

Biologically programmed process of growth that has a fixed sequence and facilitaties all aspects of our development as we grow

Question 41

Cultural perspectives

Answer 41

Influence of society and community on ones thoughts

Question 42

Personal distress

Answer 42

self-orientated emotional reaction

Question 43

Normality

Answer 43

Deviating from the normal, normally negative

Question 44

Functional approach (normality)

Answer 44

feelings and behaviours can cope with every day life

Question 45

HIstorical approach

Answer 45

percieved normality changes throughout time

Question 46

Medical approach

Answer 46

abnormality normally has underlying biological issues

Question 47

Statistical approach

Answer 47

Normality based on how majority htink and feel

Question 48

Situational approach

Answer 48

acceptable in different contexts

Question 49

Neurotypicality

Answer 49

neurological an dcognitive functioning in a way that is typical or expected

Question 50

ADHD

Answer 50

Hyperfocus, struggle with attention

Question 51

Autism

Answer 51

Good at remmbering facts, unable to make or keep eye contact

Question 52

Dyslexia

Answer 52

Bad spelling, problem solving

Question 53

Mental wellbeing

Answer 53

current psychological state

Question 54

Culturally responsive practises

Answer 54

repsonding to needs of diverse communities and demonstrating openness to new idesas that align with different sultural beliefs, ideas and values

Question 55

Hemispheric specialistion

Answer 55

Difference in funciton between hemispheres, etc left controls right

Question 56

Medulla

Answer 56

Autonomic, reflexses

Question 57

Pons

Answer 57

Relays info throughout brain, respiratory system - sleep, conscience

Question 58

Cerebellum

Answer 58

Skeletal muscle movement, balance and posture

Question 59

Reticular formation

Answer 59

Filter neural information travelling to brain, relay relating to survival and reflexive functions, sleep etc, physiological arousal and alertness

Question 60

Hypothalamus

Answer 60

optimal functioning - internal processes, hunger thirst, blood pressure, Limbic system - emotion motivated behaviours

Question 61

Thalamus

Answer 61

Filtering and relay system for sensory info (not smell), motor signals between high and low brain

Question 62

Amygdala

Answer 62

Threat and fear, instincts

Question 63

Hippocmapus

Answer 63

Learning and memory, temporal

Question 64

Adaptive plasticity

Answer 64

recovering overtime becuase of injuries

Question 65

Developmental plasticity

Answer 65

Occurs while growing up/ageing

Question 66

Rerouting

Answer 66

Form connections with damaged neurons

Question 67

Ways of maintaining brain functions

Answer 67

Diet, exercise, social support, mental stimulation

Question 68

ABI impacts on functioning (biopsychosocial)

Answer 68

Bio - seizures, Psych - memory loss, social - social support

Question 69

Epilepsy definiton

Answer 69

Neurological disorder, reoccurent and unprovoked seizures

Question 70

Seizures

Answer 70

uncontrollable and unrestricted electrical discharging of neurons in brain

Question 71

Epilepsy symptoms

Answer 71

Seizures - Involuntary shaking loss of consciousness and awareness A 'warning'/'aura' before seizure

Question 72

Machine learning deinfition

Answer 72

Artificial intelligence that allows software to become more accurate at predicting outcomes by mimicking how humans learn

Question 73

Machine learning - Supervised learning

Answer 73

Use of labelled data to train algorithyms how to classify data or predict outcomes - Used to diagnose neurological disorders efficiently and accurately - Detect what stage a disorder is in

Question 74

Machine learning - Unsupervised learning

Answer 74

Using algorithyms to identify patterns or trends - Analyse demographics of individuals with neurological disorders that may have been overlooked

Question 75

CTE definition

Answer 75

Chronic Traumatic Encephalopathy Progressive and fatal neurodegeneratice disease associated with repeated head blows or concussions can only be diagnosed after death

Question 76

CTE symptoms

Answer 76

Loss of attention and concentration depressiona and anxiety Impairments in executive funcitoning - decision making

Question 77

CTE how its present

Answer 77

BUild up of p-tau results in neurfibrillary tangles that disrupt neuronal functioning and leads to death of neurons