Biological Psych
Name the two (2) divisions of the peripheral nervous system.
Somatic Nervous System & Autonomic Nervous system
a structure for organising knowledge in the brain that guides thinking and behaviour is a what?
schema
Social Categorisation is...
the process of identifying a person as a member of a certain group because of features they share.
List the 3 levels of the Social Influence Theory.
Compliance, Identification and Internalisation
Describe qualitative and quantitative data
Data sets that are numerical and ones that are more descriptive
State the lobe of the cerebral cortex where you would find the primary motor cortex?
Frontal
We studied the impact of enriched and deprived environments on development with what case study?
Genie the wild child
Rattlers vs Eagles were part of _________'s psychology experiment into ______________.
(Muzafer) Sherif .... competition ..... (aim: To identify whether or not competition for resources will cause inter-group conflict and hostility)
Identify and explain one (1) still picture method method for investigating brain function. (2 marks)
CAT scan (1): an xray that produces cross-sectional pictures of the brain which detects any injuries of the brain OR
MRI scan (1): use of magnets and radiowaves to produce a 3D image that is sliced into a 2D image to detect any abnormalities
Identify the name of the variables used in a correlational study.
Behavioural variables
Identify the role for the following areas of the brain and state what would occur if these areas were damaged: Wernicke (2 marks)
Area for understanding language (1) If damaged can produce sounds but without any meaning (1)
Children can think logically and develop mental ‘representations’ of materials towards the end of this stage
Concrete-operational stage
Describe cognitive dissonance.
a person holds contradictory beliefs, ideas, or values (attitudes), and is typically experienced as psychological stress when they participate in an action (behaviour) that goes against one or more of them.
A study which famously saw high levels of conformity, using confederates to persuade
Asch's Line study
Identify the type of study that looks at the same group of participants over a long period of time. Identify one advantage of this type of study (2 marks)
Longitudinal
Advantages: Shows development/progression of the participants OR Not subject to cohort effects OR Looks at direct changes in participants, making it very reliable
While playing football Elaine got hit in the head with the ball. When she woke up from the accident she temporarily had difficulty speaking. Explain what part and lobe of the brain was damaged.
Broca’s area- responsible for speech (1) Frontal Lobe (1)
Describe brain plasticity.
The brain has the ability to change its structure or connections and relocate functions to different areas, in response to experience or environmental stimulation. Two types: developmental and adaptive plasticity.
An English teacher wanted to put her class into groups for a project on stereotypes. She wanted to encourage two behaviours, brainstorming and competition. She understood how important her group selection would be to ensure these behaviours were positive.Explain how group sizing can impact brainstorming. (2 marks)
Any 2 of the following for 1 mark each:
Smaller groups complete tasks faster
Individuals perform better in smaller groups
Large groups are better at problem solving
Risk of social loafing occurring
3 reasons deindividuation occurs
Anonymity, Shift of Attention, Arousal
A nutritionist was interested to see if there was a relationship between healthy options at a canteen and the schools’ overall ATAR scores. She used the healthy star rating system to give 100 WA schools a rating on the food served at their canteen. She then took the 2016 mean ATAR results for each school to collate her data. Name the two variables in this study.
Healthy star rating
ATAR results
While walking to school Michelle was listening to her iPod when she heard a car honk, she looked up and saw her best friend Rochelle. It reminded her that she had to ask her friend about her Maths homework. Identify and explain two (2) lobes of the brain would have been used in the above scenario. (4 marks)
Temporal Lobe: listening to her ipod- auditory (2)
Occipital Lobe: looking at Rochelle – visual (2)
Frontal Lobe: remembering to ask about homework- memory (2)
Ainsworth studied attachment through her famous Strange Situation. Explain the procedure of the Strange Situation. (5 marks)
Mother and child play in a room
Stranger enters and First separation occurs (mother leaves room and stranger stays)
First reunion (mother returns)
Second separation (mother leaves the room again and stranger enters the room)
Second reunion (mother returns and stranger leaves)
Lance was driving along West Coast Highway, when he was abruptly cut off by a driver in a sports car. Explain using Heider’s attribution theory, two (2) ways that Lance could explain the driver’s behaviour. (4 marks)
Lance could give an internal attribution (1) the driver is a rude and terrible driver (1) or give an external attribution (1) the driver was having a bad day (1)
Alexis is right handed and sat down at the dinner table to draw a picture of her family. Explain how the brain hemispheres would communicate to enable her to draw the picture. (3 marks)
Her left hemisphere would control the movement of her hand (1) The corpus callosum will transfer messages from both hemispheres (1) The right hemisphere would help her to draw the picture (1)
A research Psychologist was interested in studying the effect of trans fats on a person’s mood. She decided to research 100 Directors from Australia’s leading mining companies to see if their diet affected their mood. Each Director took a mood indicator questionnaire at the beginning of the study. They were then split into two groups. Group 1 was to remove all trans fat food from their diet for one month. Group 2 would continue their diet consuming a minimum of 12% of trans fat (the national average amount in an Australian diet). After the month the researcher gave each participant the mood indicator questionnaire again to compare their results. She found that Group 1 had a considerable improvement in their mood scores. Write an appropriate hypothesis for this research study. (3 marks)
Australian Directors (1) who consumed no trans fats in their diet 1) will have a higher improvement in their mood scores (1) than the Australian Directors who consumed the National average of transfats.