Biological Approach
Serotonin, dopamine and glutamate are all examples of what n....?
Neurotransmitters
Learning through reinforcement and punishments.
Operant conditioning
Cognitive dissonance
The SAQs in Section A are about the content, concepts or contexts? Or all three?
The content (three approaches)
True or False: Phillip Zimbarod (Stanford Prison Experiment) and Stanley Milgram (Compliance electric shock experiments) went to the same high school.
True - Both went to James Monroe High School in the Bronx, and they actually were classmates in the same year group — graduating in the class of 1950.
What two terms describe the brain's ability to change as a result of experience and the fact that different parts of the brain perform different functions?
Neuroplasticity and localisation of function
The tendency to focus on and remember information that's consistent with your existing beliefs.
Confirmation bias
System 1 and System 2 are the two systems in which model/theory?
The dual processing model (aka dual processing theory)
How many sections are there in Paper 1?
3 (A, B, C)
Who is regarded as the first case study of the brain's effect on behaviour?
Phineas Gage
Hormones, neurotransmitters and pheromones are collectively known as c....... m.......
Chemical messengers
When an irrelevant initial number biases someone's later judgement on an unrelated decision.
Anchoring bias
Reciprocity, authority principle, foot-in-the-door and door-in-the-face are all example of c........ t..........
Compliance techniques
How many total questions do you answer in Paper 1?
5
Albert Bandura's social learning theory was a response to which two dominant theories of behaviour at the time?
Freud's psychodynamic theory and John B Watson's behaviourism.
The theory that mental and physical illnesses are caused by a combination of existing risk factors and environmental stressors.
The WMM and MSM stand for what? And they're examples of....c........ m.......?
WWM = working memory model
MSM = multi-store model
CM = cognitive models
What are the four types of acculturation in Berry's model?
Assimilation, separation, integration and marginalisation
How many minutes you have in Paper 1?
90
Who was the father of behaviourism?
John B. Watson (famous for the Little Albert experiments)
Reducing an explanation of behaviour down to a single biological factor is....
biological reductionism
What's it called when a neutral stimulus becomes associated with a powerful, existing stimulus, causing the neutral stimulus to elicit the same response as the original.
Classical conditioning
What are the two approaches to research that focus on either universalities in behaviour or culturally specific behaviours?
Emic and etic approaches
How many total marks in Paper 1?
35
In what decade was the "cognitive revolution" which re-ignited an interest in cognitive psychology?
1950s