Study cards round 3

Question 1

What is the role of the somatic nervous system

Answer 1

The Somatic nervous system carries ALL sensory messages to the CNS and motor movement from the CNS to the skeletal muscles

Question 2

What is vicarious conditioning

Answer 2

Vicarious conditioning is a form of condition only used in observational learning that involves the individual observing te consequence of the role models behaviour and then repeating, modifying or refraining from that behaviour

Question 3

If the amygdala is damaged what type of memories will the patient experience problems with

Answer 3

Implicit memories like classical conditioning and procedural memory.

Question 4

Why do experimenters not inform the participants what group they are in.

Answer 4

To reduce placebo effects.

Question 5

Why do teenagers find it difficult to get up in the mornings.

Answer 5

Because adolescents undergo a sleep-wake cycle shift.

Question 6

What treatment would work best for correcting the effects of adolescent sleep-wake sleep.

Answer 6

Bright light therapy in the mornings.

Question 7

Why is it difficult to investigate the effects of prolonged sleep deprivation,

Answer 7

it is difficult to investigate prolonged sleep deprivation, Because of their long nature the tend to use self reports, they tend to use convenience sampling and it can pose ethical issues.

Question 8

What are some interventions used to treat phobias.

Answer 8

Interventions used to treat phobias include but are not limited to breathing retraining, exercise and education.

Question 9

What occurs during the resistance phase

Answer 9

During the resistance phase cortisol is released into the blood stream and your resistance to the stressor increases, however you immune system is weakened as a result of the cortisol, during this stage you feel energised and awake.

Question 10

What occurs during primary appraisal

Answer 10

During primary appraisal the individual evaluated the situation, determining whether it is stressful or irrelevant or benign positive.

Question 11

What type of memory is most prone to Lapse

Answer 11

Episodic memory is most prone to lapses.

Question 12

Why is it easier to recall information in the place where you learned it

Answer 12

It is easier to recall information in the place that you learned it due to the environment providing cues, this can be state-dependant and context-dependant cues.

Question 13

what does a Hypothesis include.

Answer 13

A hypothesis must include, must be specific, include a population, be a prediction, link the IV and DV and must be testable.

Question 14

In the little albert experiment had developed a fear of white objects, what in the name of this process.

Answer 14

Stimulus generalisation.

Question 15

What type of learning is involved in systematic desensitisation

Answer 15

Classical conditioning.

Question 16

What is the process of systematic desensitisation

Answer 16

step one: learn a relaxation technique
Step 2: develop a fear hierarchy or fear sequence involving the phobic stimulus from least fear to most fear.
step 3: pair the items on the fear hierarchy with relaxation techniques until you can confront the most feared calmly.

Question 17

What are some psychological changes experience when in an altered state of consciousness

Answer 17

Content: during NWC what you think of is more controlled,
Perceptual and cognitive distortions: Distortions of time sensations and perceptions are more likely during and ACS
Emotional awareness, greater control is associated with NWC than with ASC

Question 18

What is the biopsychosocial framework

Answer 18

The biopsychosocial framework states that that a parsons mental health can be described through the interaction of the sets of factors, that being biological, psychological and social factors.