Introduction to Psychology
An organism's thoughts and feelings which cannot be directly observed.
What are Mental Processes?
What is population?
Holds 5-9 pieces of information.
Planning, Judgement, Problem solving, Aspects of personality
Planning
Judgement
Problem solving
Aspects of personality
Connects the left and right sides of the brain
What is corpus collosum?
Not based on fact. Difficult to measure and test. Difficult to prove false.
What is a Pseudo-Science?
Participants must be informed they can leave the experiment at any time they wish.
What is withdrawal rights?
Combining info into meaningful chunks increases the amount of individual info that can be retained in short-term memory
What is chunking?
Sensory input from skin, sense of having a body, spatial awareness
What is Parietal Lobe?
Processing emotions, particularly fear, anger, and pleasure.
What is amygdala?
Complete 13 years of education. Are certified medical doctors. Can prescribe medication.
What are Psychiatrists?
Any variables other than the IV that can cause a change in the DV and therefore affect the results of the experiment.
What is extraneous variables?
Sensory visual and verbal information is processed along two distinct but interconnected pathways
Processing auditory information
What is Temporal Lobe?
Maintain optimal biological functioning by regulating internal processes, including hormone levels, hunger, thirst, body temperature, and blood pressure
What is hypothalamus?
Helps athletes to develop mental skills to achieve peak performance.
What is sports/exercise psychologists?
The variable that the researcher is measuring/counting at the end
What is dependent variable?
Holds information for about 0.2-4 seconds.
What is sensory memory?
Outer surface of the brain
What is cerebral cortex?
Brain that connects the brain to the spinal cord
Brain stem
Focuses on how behaviour can change in different social situations.
The true purpose of the experiment can be concealed from the participants, if essential for the experiment to be successful and valid.
What is deception?
Model of memory which outlines the three seperate stores of memory
What is Atkinson-Shiffrin?
Working with other lobes of the brain to perceive visual information
What is occipital lobe?
Filtering system and relay centre for sensory information
What is thalamus?