Research
What are the ethics that should be considered when doing general research in psychology?
informed consent, deception, confidentiality, privacy, and benefits
What are the 4 lobes of the brain
frontal, parietal, occipital, temporal
What are the differences between classical and operant conditioning?
classical: conditioned response to stimulus
operant: learning to link behavior and consequences
What are the main types of parenting styles?
Authoritative, Authoritarian, Permissive, Uninvolved
What is conformity?
act of adjusting behavior, attitudes, or beliefs to match those of a group or social norm
What are 4 considerations to remember when performing research? (not the 5 ethical principles)
Ethics, timeframe, funding, random sampling
What part of the brain is primarily responsible for Memory?
Hippocampus
What stages of memory is the most important for learning?
retrieval
What determines social facilitation
whether the person is performing a dominant response (meaning well-learned task or not)
What are the two main categories of research design and provide an example of each
Qualitative (e.g. interview) - non-numeric data/personal experience
Quantitative (e.g. survey) - numerical data
What part of the brain controls fear and aggression?
The Amygdala
What stage of memory involves the initial experience and perceived events?
Encoding
Explain each parenting style
Various warmth/cold and firmness/permissiveness...
What is the importance of Consent when it comes to research design and study?
Ensures participants are informed about the research and potential risks, and willingly choose to engage in the research study
What do we know about consciousness?
It is part of being a human, by being human we are conscious. (has to do with memory and cognition)
What is the process of storing and retrieving information in relationship to time?
Memory
How do attachment styles show up in our adult relationships?
anxious attachment you may need more reassurance
ambivalent - might show up in unstable relationships
disorganized - might result in perpetuated cycle of abuse
secure - stability of relationships
How can social attribution affect how we perceive people?
attribute behaviors to character traits vs. situational circumstances
Was Milgram's study ethical? why or why not?
No - deception, lack of benefits outweighing risks, long term psychological harm to participants/trauma,
What happens to the brain during a stroke?
calcification of the white matter
What are the 4 different types of memory (highlighted in the readings)?
working memory (holding brief information)
episodic memory (episodes of life)
semantic memory (facts)
collective memory (memories formed in groups)