Key Terms
The formation of bonds with many carers
What are multiple attachments?
Conducted research with 45 students and used counterbalancing as part of the method
Who are Loftus and Palmer?
Something that could contaminate the results other than the IV
What are extraneous variables?
Cannot extract one from the other, need to be studies as an interaction of both.
What is a limitation of the NvN debate?
When the differences between two cultures / genders is exaggerated.
What is an alpha bias?
Changing the behaviour of an offender to that of a non-offender
What is rehabilitation?
A theory that explains how phobias occur and how they are maintained.
When there is conflicted, or no, previous data.
Good as a starting point of research - brain physiology is basically the same.
The potential consequences that a study might have once published.
What is meant by ethical implications?
Positively charged ions making the action potential more likely to fire
What is excitation?
They developed Gender Schema Theory
What did Martin and Halverson develop?
A type of content analysis which allows themes to emerge from data
What is thematic analysis?
The impact a piece of research may have on how public money is spent.
What are economic implications
When two elements in psychology are used to explain a phenomena
What is an interactionist approach?
What is ACTH? (Adrenocorticotropic hormone)
An external cue from the environment that plays an important part in regulating circadian rhythms.
What is an exogenous zeitgeber?
Less than 1% probability that the results are due to chance
What does P<0.01 mean?
For both, still need to do AO1 for 6 marks, and AO3 for 10 marks (same structure)
What is the similarity between "Discuss" and "Outline and evaluate" 16 markers?
Impossible to test – non-physical construct and therefore difficult to quantify and measure. Only once measurement becomes available could this debate be resolved
What is a limitation of free-will?
Tangible tokens that can be exchanged for a reward, for example having shower.
What are secondary reinforcers?
What was a finding from Gottesman research?
When a distribution has a long tail on the left side with most of the data on the right.
What is a negative skew?
AO1 describe; AO2 at least 2 x moonpig; AO3 1 x Strength, 1 x Weakness (PEC)
How are 16 markers answered with all 3 AOs?
The context that affects a child's development even though they do not experience it first hand.
What is an exosystem in relation to cultural development?