Miss Lawry / Psychology
What 2 specialist subjects can Miss Lawry teach?
Psychology and Biology.
*Junior science and English as a second language
High emotional distress and presence of a weapon during an incident generally increase the accuracy of an eyewitness's memory for facial details. TRUE OR FALSE
FALSE
The "weapon focus effect" and high stress draw attention away from perpetrator facial features, reducing identification accuracy.
Tailoring instructional methods to match a student's self-reported "learning style" (e.g., visual vs. auditory) significantly improves academic achievement. TRUE OR FALSE
FALSE
The "Testing Effect" indicates that taking retrieval practice quizzes leads to better long-term retention than simply re-reading study materials for the same duration.
The phenomenon known as "choking under pressure" is primarily driven by hyper-focusing on explicit, step-by-step motor movements that are usually automatic. TRUE OR FALSE
TRUE
Reinvesting conscious attention into fully learned motor skills disrupts automaticity and performance.
Adult neurogenesis—the birth of new functional neurons—occurs in the adult human hippocampus. TRUE OR FALSE
TRUE
Research confirms that the dentate gyrus of the hippocampus continues generating new neurons throughout adulthood.
Name 4 psychological approaches
Behavioural, Biological, Cognitive, Evolutionary, Humanistic, Psychodynamic, Socio-cultural...
Polygraph examinations are widely considered highly reliable by scientific consensus because they directly measure physiological signs unique to lying. TRUE OR FALSE
FALSE
Polygraphs measure general autonomic arousal (heart rate, perspiration), which can reflect anxiety, fear, or confusion rather than deception.
The "Testing Effect" indicates that taking retrieval practice quizzes leads to better long-term retention than simply re-reading study materials for the same duration. TRUE OR FALSE
TRUE
According to Carol Dweck's research, praising children for their intelligence yields greater resilience to academic failure than praising their effort.
Visualizing a motor performance activates mostly different areas of the motor cortex than actually executing the movement. TRUE OR FALSE
FALSE
Functional MRI studies reveal that mental imagery activates nearly identical neural pathways as physical execution.
Humans utilize only 10% of their brain capacity at any given time. TRUE OR FALSE
FALSE
Neuroimaging shows that almost all areas of the brain show active function throughout the day, even during sleep.
Name of Miss Lawry's favourite music group
Stray Kids
In legal settings, "competency to stand trial" assesses a defendant's present mental state during court proceedings, not their mental state at the time of the crime. TRUE OR FALSE
TRUE
Competency addresses present ability to understand charges and assist counsel; insanity addresses mental state during the offense.
According to Carol Dweck's research, praising children for their intelligence yields greater resilience to academic failure than praising their effort. TRUE OR FALSE
FALSE
Intelligence praise fosters a fixed mindset, making students vulnerable to failure, whereas effort/process praise fosters a growth mindset.
Increasing an athlete's physiological stimulation continuously increases their athletic performance. TRUE OR FALSE
FALSE
Only needs moderate stimulation
Saltatory conduction refers to the rapid propagation of an action potential jumping along the Nodes of Ranvier in a myelinated axon. TRUE OR FALSE
TRUE
Myelin insulates the axon, forcing action potentials to regenerate specifically at uninsulated nodes, dramatically increasing speed.
According to Freud, what 3 "personalities" control our behaviours?
Id, Ego, Superego
The Reid Technique of interrogation is designed to be non-confrontational and relies primarily on open-ended information gathering. TRUE OR FALSE
FALSE
The Reid Technique is accusatory and relies on minimization and isolation, leading modern practitioners toward investigative interviewing models (e.g., PEACE).
Lev Vygotsky defined the "Zone of Proximal Development" as the range of tasks a learner can perform with guidance, but cannot yet perform independently. TRUE OR FALSE
TRUE
It marks the target zone for instructional scaffolding to maximize learning and cognitive development.
Social loafing is the tendency for individual team members to exert less effort when working in a group compared to working individually. TRUE OR FALSE
TRUE
It frequently occurs in sports teams when individual contributions are not easily identified or evaluated.
Broca's area is primarily responsible for spoken language comprehension rather than language production. TRUE OR FALSE
FALSE
Broca's area governs speech production and articulation, while language comprehension is managed primarily by Wernicke's area.
Miss Lawry studied a bachelor of Science before teaching at University - What was her Major (main studies) and what was her Minor?
Major: Zoology
Minor: Teaching English as a second language
Research shows that showing photos to an eyewitness one at a time (sequential lineup) reduces false positive identifications compared to showing them all at once (simultaneous lineup). TRUE OR FALSE
TRUE
Sequential lineups force absolute judgment (comparing photo to memory) rather than relative judgment (picking who looks most like the perpetrator).
Cognitive Load Theory suggests that working memory has virtually unlimited capacity when processing new, unorganized instructional information. TRUE OR FALSE
FALSE
Working memory has strict capacity limits, which instructions must accommodate to prevent cognitive overload.
Outcome-oriented goals (e.g., winning a championship) consistently yield higher long-term athletic motivation than process-oriented goals (e.g., improving technique). TRUE OR FALSE
FALSE
Process goals foster higher intrinsic motivation and self-efficacy because they remain entirely under the athlete's control.
Broca's area is primarily responsible for spoken language comprehension rather than language production. TRUE OR FALSE
TRUE
Part of the limbic system, it rapidly evaluates sensory inputs for potential threat and coordinates physiological fear responses.