BLOA
When different areas of the brain are responsible for different functions
What is localization of function in the brain?
The cognitive process of categorizing people into in-groups and out-groups
What is social categorization?
The production of new nervous cells in the brain
What is neurogenesis?
Evaluate Asch's Paradigm (1961) study
Strengths:
- Controlled variables
Limitations:
- Lack of informed consent
- Deception
- Low ecological validity
The ability of the brain to change itself in response to environmental demands
What is neuroplasticity?
A stable, deeply rooted mental representation that can influence our knowledge, beliefs and expectations
What is a schema?
The anticipation of a situation that can potentially confirm a negative stereotype about one's group
Providing children with support that is minimally necessary for them to solve tasks in their zone of proximal development
What does scaffolding do?
Limitation of correlation studies?
It is difficult to clearly state that one variable is directly related to another.
A part of the brain that controls emotions and long-term memory
What is the hippocampus?
The theory that views memory to be an active process of recreation of past events as opposed to a passive process of retrieval
What is reconstructive memory?
A model of three interacting factors: personal factors (physical, cognitive and emotional), behaviour and environment
What is reciprocal determinism?
The cognitive ability to attribute mental states (such as intentions or beliefs) to others
What is theory of mind?
Ethical issue concerned with a participant's right to have personal info protected.
What is confidentiality?
A chemical messenger stored in the axon and released into the synaptic gap.
What is a neurotransmitter?
The tendency to focus on information that supports a pre-existing belief and ignore information that can potentially contradict it
The unique set of attitudes, beliefs/rules and behaviours specific to a particular culture
What are cultural norms?
The idea that infants use the attachment figure as a starting point for the exploration of the surrounding environment
What is secure base hypothesis?
A cue form the researcher that could reveal the purpose of the study to the participants-
What are demand characteristics?
To investigate changes i grey matter volume as a result of practising a simple juggling routine
What was the aim of Draginski et al (2004)?
Explain the aim of the Brown and Kulik (1977) study
To investigate the determinants of flashbulb memories about assassinations, highly newsworthy events, and personally significant events
Acquiring the cultural norms of a different culture (for example, when a person moves to a different country)
The ability to adapt to stressful situations and recover from the effects of adverse circumstances
What is resilience?
Comparing two or more studies of the same thing to see if they are in agreement.
What is Triangulation.