Year 13 Mock 6/3/23 Flashcards
Is Psychodynamic scientific? + who studied a few people and generalised it to everyone?
No it isn’t
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Sigmund Froyd
What does the central nervous system consist of?
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What controls voluntary movement?
Brain and Spinal Chord
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Somatic Nervous System
Name one hormone involved in sleep + it’s function + where it’s found
Melatonin
Regulates sleep/wake cycle
Pineal Gland
What are exogenous Zeitgebers?
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Give an example of one
External factors that regulate the sleep wake cycle
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Light
What happens to melatonin levels when light decreases
They increase due to melatonin being a sleep hormone
Give a real life example that supports Exogenous Zeitgebers
Siffre aimed to find out what would happen to a person’s circadian rhythms if they were cut off from all zeitgebers, such as light, dark and an awareness of time, and how this would affect their reliance on their endogenous pacemaker to tell them when to eat and sleep
Siffre went from a 24 hour pattern to a 25 hour sleeping pattern
Siffre had an ez that being his light he took with him to make notes wearing this study
What is Overt observation?
The Observer is visible and the people being observed know that they’re being observed
What is Event sampling?
When an observer records behaviours every time that behaviour occurs
What does reliability refer to?
The consistency of data
Give one reason why it’s important for scientific reports to include a referencing section?
To avoid plagiarism
What was Wundts role in the development of psychology?
Considered the father of psychology
Set the groundwork for future psychology
Introduced introspection- examining yourself
Structuralism is a theory of consciousness that seeks to analyze the elements of mental experiences, such as sensations, mental images, and feelings, and how these elements combine to form more complex experiences
