Statistics
The formula for calculating the mean is
sum of all scores divided by number of scores
Describe state anxiety
an emotional state in which a person feels anxious/afraid
The ventral striatum is the brain's
reward centre
motivation can be defined as
One group's standard deviation is 3.33 and the other group's is 5.23.
Identify which group has the most variation.
the second group
Describe trait anxiety
a way that a person would describe themselves i.e. as anxious
Which part of the brain is the last to mature in adolescents/young adults?
Frontal lobe/prefrontal cortex
the three basic psychological needs are
autonomy, relatedness and competence
Confidence intervals represent
the amount of uncertainty about the sample mean
Describe the biopsychosocial model
biological, psychological and social factors interact to cause disorders
According to Steinberg, when are adolescents most likely to take risks?
When with peers
an example of intrinsic motivation for a task is
a reasonable example is provided
A p-value is significant when
it is less than 0.05
A social reason for an increase in anxiety disorders in the last 10 years would be
lockdowns (or other reasonable response)
A limitation of the second piece of evidence for the assignment was
it used mice and not humans
an example of extrinsic motivation for a task is
a reasonable example is provided
An r value is found for a relationship of 0.32. How strong is this relationship?
Moderate
a biological reason for an increase in anxiety disorders could be
any reasonable biological reason
The claim "the brain is the cause of adolescent risk-taking" assumes
only the brain is the cause
rewards reduce intrinsic motivation because
they change the locus of causality from internal to external