Science Skills
An educated guess to predict the outcome of an experiment.
What is a hypothesis?
The study of the brain, behaviours, thoughts and beliefs.
What is Psychology?
Actions intended to benefit or assist another person, regardless of the helper's motivation, and is a type of prosocial behavior.
What is helping?
Another name for working memory
What is short term memory?
The place where Santa's factory is found.
What is the North pole?
The component of an experiment that is manipulated by the experimenter.
What is the independent variable?
The model that takes into account the biological, psychological and social aspect of psychology
What is the biopsychosocial model?
When people help because it is the right thing to do in your society.
What is a social norm?
Has a capacity of 5-7 items.
What is the short term memory?
Easter bunny's place of residence
What is Easter Island?
The purpose of a control group in an experiment
What is a point of comparison in an experiment?
The study of the lumps and bumps on a person's head.
What is phrenology?
When people help because the expect the same help in return.
What is reciprocity effect?
The person who questioned the reliability of eye witness statements.
Who is Elizabeth Loftus?
The Australian Prime Minister.
Who is Anthony Albanese?
An experimenter divides the sample into two groups and applies the independent variable to one of the groups.
What is a between groups experiment?
The psychologist that would work with elite athletes.
What is a sports psychologist?
When there are more observers to a person in distress, the less likely anyone is to help.
What is the bystander effect?
Why people cannot identify a person holding a weapon
What is weapon focus?
Mr Raven's favourite AFL football team.
Who is Geelong Cats?
A variable that cannot be controlled in an experiment, and may have an impact on the dependent variable.
What is an extraneous variable?
Behaviour that is obvious
What is overt behaviour?
The person who inspired psychologists to investigate why people help.
Who is Kitty Genovese?
When sensory information enters short term memory
What is attention?
The time it takes to enter the underground physics lab in Stawell.
How long is 30mins?