Brain
The primary cell that builds all the structures of the nervous system. What are the 3 types?
Neurons
Informed consent tells the participant about the...
Purspose and nature of the experiment
What is the central nervous system made of?
brain and spinal cord
A projective personality test is...?
A test that is ambiguous and tries to uncover the unconscious personality of the person
What is the peripheral system made of?
nerves that branch off from the spinal cord (motor and sensory neurons)
What does the temporal lobe do? How does this differ from the occipital.
Interprets sound and smell senses
Occipital is vision
Voluntary participation involves what sort of form to be signed?
Consent form
What does the dendrite do?
Recieves the neurotransmitter and delivers impulse to cell body
The trait approach assumes that...
1. Traits are stable overtime
2. Traits dont change across situations
3. People differ with the amount of traits they have
What does the PNS stand for? and what are its 2 sub branches
Peripheral nervous system. Autonomic and somatic system
What is on our tongue that tastes food
Taste buds and chemoreceptors
No lasting harm is important because?
We dont want participants to experience pain or trauma after the experiment and into their future
What structure functions like a highway and transmits nerve impulses from the body to the brain and from the brain to the body?
The spinal cord
The social cognitive approach was proposed by...
Albert Bandura
What is the name of the nerve sends vision related information to the brain?
Optic nerve
What is the peripheral system composed of?
The guideline of withdrawal rights allows the participants to...
Leave the experiment whenever they need to, without explanation
If the myelin sheath starts to degenerate, what happens? What disease does this cause?
It means the neuron is not insulated anymore, communication difficulties
multiple sclerosis
Criticisms of the psychodynamic approach?
1) Lacks empirical evidence
2) Tends to be negative
What is the name of the space between dendrites and axon terminals?
synapse
What is one function of all of the 4 lobes of the brain?
Parietal- sensory cortex, spatial awareness, interprets sensory info
Temporal- receives and interprets auditory info
Occipital- receives and interprets visual info
Frontal- executive functioning: personality, emotions, and decision making, motor cortex
Explain deception and give an example of when it might be applicable in an experiment
Where the experimenter may withold some information that may influence their behaviour within the expeirment.
This part of the nervous system is responsible for resting and digesting
Parasympathetic
What is the difference between a non-projective test and a projective test and which one is considered to be more accurate/valid and why?
Non-projective is unambiguous, objective and obtains quantitative data from participants often from a online question based test. A projective test is more ambiguous like the inkblot tests, which gets you to see the unconscious desires and personality of the person.
Distinguish between the sympathetic system and the parasympathetic system. Giving examples of each
Sympathetic: increased physiological response (fight or flight system) increase heart rate, breathing etc.
Parasympathetic: slowing down, resting, digesting response. Body is less stressed.