Terminology
The detection of stimulus energy by sense organs and its conversion into electrochemical energy
What is Sensation?
The branch of Psychology concerned with the study of sensation, perception, formation of memories, forgetting and memory loss.
What is Memory?
They completed a study on the depth of processing and retention of words in episodic memory.
Who are Craik and Tulving?
The scientist best known for their work on the forgetting curve
Who is Ebbinghaus'
Codes of practice that are designed to be followed when undertaking psychological research
What are ethical guidelines?
A cell of the nervous system that communicates with each other
What is a neuron?
The branch of Psychology concerned with the study of how we train or modify behaviour through a variety of techniques, including reinforcement and punishment
What is Learning?
They completed a study on the approach to training dogs.
Who is Pavlov?
They developed a theory about observational learning
Who is Bandura
Research that manipulates the IV, where cause and effect can be found and participants can be randomly allocated.
What is experimental research?
the process of moving information from long-term memory into conscious awareness
What is Retrieval?
The branch of Psychology concerned with the study of self-determination and hierarchy of needs.
What is Motivation?
They completed a study about mobile phone use at bedtime and its effect on sleep, arousal, mood and workinn memory
Who is He et al
Who are Deci and Ryan?
A sampling method that enables initial participants in a sample to recruit additional participants to join the study.
What is snowball sampling?
the subsystem within the sensory register that stores auditory information for approximately two to threes seconds.
What is Echoic memory?
The branch of Psychology that includes the study of Diener and Ryff models.
What is Wellbeing?
They completed a study about aggressive behaviour by adults and imitation by children.
Who is Bandura, Ross and Ross
They developed a theory about reaching transcendence needs as the peak experience through the meeting od deficiency and growth needs
Who is Maslow?
When participants perceive to have identified a cue during a study that leads them to believe that they have discovered the researchers aim or expectations
What is demand characteristics?
The ability to identify previously stored information by matching current stimuli with stored memories.
What is Recognition?
The branch of Psychology concerned with the application of ethics, research and evaluation.
What is (Psychological) Science Inquiry?
They completed a study about reinforcement schedules and the rate of response and the rate of extinction
Who is Skinner
They developed a theory about General Adaptation Syndrome
Who is Selye
It is utilised to represent data in a graph that displays the frequency of class intervals.
What is a histogram